The Crush Song

About

The Crush Song also known by its lyrics "Hush Hush Hush, Blush Blush Blush" is a 2015 song and viral video by YouTuber twaimz where he sings to an anonymous crush, listing the reasons why they should be into him. The music video gained over 39 million views and inspired animations set to it over the following seven years, also inspiring lip dub videos on TikTok.

Origin

On August 18th, 2015, musician and YouTuber^[1] twaimz posted a music video for his original song "The Crush Song." The video gained over 39.5 million views in seven years (shown below).

Hush, hush, hush
Blush, blush, blush
You are now my big fat crush
I'm single as I can be
You're single, perfect for me
I'm gonna give you a bunch of reasons
Why you should date me

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In 2018, the song saw a resurgence in popularity on YouTube as people posted animations set to the song. On March 9th, 2018, YouTuber^[2] KillGogo posted an animation with the song, garnering over 2 million views in four years (shown below, left). On April 24th, YouTuber^[3] Wolfychu posted another animation with the song, garnering over 7.1 million views in four years (shown below, right).

On May 10th, YouTuber^[4] Jordan Sweeto posted a reaction and compilation video reacting to the animations, garnering over 5.2 million views in four years. On April 9th, 2019, YouTuber^[5] Zanyash posted an animation that garnered over 16 million views in three years (shown below). On October 5th, YouTuber^[6] Maislie posted a Roblox video set to the song, garnering over 2 million views in three years.

On April 12th, 2021, TikToker^[7] @chris_holland1 posted a video consisting of the song's audio, which was used over 2,600 times, mostly for lip dub videos, in a year. On June 21st, YouTuber^[8] ChocomintyStars posted a Sonic the Hedgehog animation with the song, depicting Sonic telling Shadow he has a crush on him, garnering over 313,000 views in a year (shown below).

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