POV Funerals

About

POV Funerals refers to a TikTok trend where users lay their camera down, face up and approach it as if they're bending down to whisper to their deceased friend at their funeral. The trend used a sound called "Funeral Music" by Boby Cole and it took off en masse in March 2022, going into the remainder of the year.

Origin

On March 4th, 2022, TikToker^[1] thebradeofhonor posted a video with text overlay reading, "POV: My recently deceased boss is laying in his casket at the viewing." Then he walks over wearing a suit and tie to the camera that's facing upwards. He bends down and whispers to his boss, "Who's thinking outside of the box now?" The video (shown below) earned roughly 15.1 million plays and 2.2 million likes over the course of two weeks.

Spread

On March 7th, 2022, TikToker^[2] nixvnn was the first to hop onto the trend, making a variant with text overlay reading, "POV: you saying your last words to yo mans at his funeral," earning roughly 3.1 million plays and 541,900 likes over the course of 11 days (shown below, left). On March 8th, 2022, TikToker^[3] jampikelets also made a variant, with a caption reading, "POV: my wife approaches me at my open casket funeral.." earning roughly 2.1 million plays and 318,900 likes over ten days (shown below, right).

More TikTokers exploited the format going in March. Verified TikTokers started using it as well, like TikToker^[4] anthonyleodones on March 14th, earning roughly 8 million plays and 1.1 million likes over the course of four days (shown below, left). On March 17th, King Bach posted a variant,^[5] earning roughly 4.7 million plays and 919,500 likes in one day (shown below, right).

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