18th December, 2021
Every month, users of popular video-sharing social networking service, TikTok find something to trend, either a challenge or a sound that is fun which they can really get into.
This month is no different, as OfficerWoos shares comedic relief with his TikTok community.
OfficerWoos
Humour is at the centre of any Nigerian experience, and no platform helps to give spotlight to that trait as TikTok does.
Serial meme star and actor, Officer Woos, has long been recognised as one of Nigeria’s biggest comedic stars but on TikTok, he’s taken his craft to the next level.
The star regularly shares videos of his skits and memes which are built around Nigerian songs.
Recently, OfficerWoos celebrated the 1M followers mark which is no surprise considering he has over 3.5M likes combined across his videos.
_ _Iremide Is Africa’s Girl
A key facet of the TikTok experience is sharing the diverse culture with people. No one on Nigerian TikTok represents the vitality of African culture with the command more than __Iremide does.
The creator, who self-describes as “your African princess”, regularly shares content promoting knowledge about the continent, its people and its places. She also engages with music from a variety of places including the recent addictive single “Isii Nafta” by Somalian singer, Nimco Happy.
__Iremide has over 800K followers and has received over 11M likes across her videos.
Viral Sounds
#BabyRiddim
The #BabyRiddim trend is a local lipsync and dance challenge which originated from a song of the same title by rising Nigerian singer, Fave.
Released in September this year, the song has gone on to become a viral trend on TikTok, used in a variety of manners to express affection between mother and children as well as couples.
The melodic trend has also been used as a meme and has garnered over 15M views so far from over 500K video creations.
#SadGirlzLuvMoney
The #SadGirlzLuvMoney trend was kickstarted by a challenge to show off to a song by the same name from Ghanaian rapper and singer, Amaarae.
The current version of the track is a Kali Uchise-featuring version that went viral and attracted a variety of responses which include singalongs, breakdowns and dancing.
These videos have been viewed over 37M times on TikTok from over 4M video creations.