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So Sad To Say Goodbye To Such A Fun Year refers to a trend on TikTok set to a distorted version of Bruno Mars' song "Locked Out of Heaven" followed by silence where a TikToker claims they're sad to say goodbye to 2021 then shows images representing 2021 as a strange or bad year as the track cuts to silence. The trend was started on December 31st, 2021, by TikToker @jaylampy and spread over the course of January 2022.

Origin

On December 31st, 2021, TikToker^[1] @jaylampy posted a selfie video set to a distorted version of "Locked Out of Heaven" with the on-screen caption, "sad to say goodbye to such a fun year :/." The audio then cuts to silence and shows a photo of the TikToker staring blankly, captioned "nothing is real," followed by two photos of the TikToker with her cat and another captioned "haven't been outside in 3 days" (shown below). The video gained over 3 million views in four days.

Spread

The original sound^[2] for @jaylampy's video became popularized over the following days as TikTokers made videos under it following the trend, inspiring over 5,400 videos by January 4th, 2022. On the same day @jaymaply uploaded her original video, TikTokers^[3][4] @_beau_brown and @dev_lemons posted videos following the trend, the former gaining over 744,000 views and the latter 434,000 views in four days (shown below, left and right).

Also on January 4th, TikToker^[5] @toxicthotsyndrome posted a version of the video showing her descent into sadness over the course of 2021, gaining over 176,000 views in four days (shown below).

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