On their recent single “Nasty,” Tinashe sagely asks, “Is somebody gonna match my freak?”
And now this wise question has become a meme. We can explain.
Tinashe released the track in April as the lead single for her forthcoming album BB/Ang3l Pt. 2 — Quantum Baby. But these lyrics first caught ‘s attention in early May, thanks to a freaky white boy’s dance moves.
An X user a brief clip of a dancer, Nate — who posts on TikTok under the handle — impressively gyrating his hips, biting his finger, and sticking out his tongue. His moves are at odds with his nerdy appearance, making it irresistible meme fodder. In the original video, posted to TikTok back in February 2023, he’s dancing to “Bind” by Hey Choppi, but the viral X version replaced the audio with “Nasty.” The video garnered more than 10 million views on X.
As a result of the video’s reach, users began to share their thoughts on the song’s driving question.
One user , “‘is somebody gonna match my freak?’ could be the existential question of our time.” Another posted an image of writing, , “and i couldn’t help but wonder… is somebody gonna match my freak?”
The question quickly spurred an engagement bait meme. A user asked, “Who are 2 people that actually did match each others freak?” The quote tweets range from Shrek‘s Donkey and Dragon to Lena Dunham and Andrew Rannells to ‘s Maya and Anna.
As is the case with these things, the song became linked with another internet phenomenon, mania. It’s the perfect song to use in edits of the loveably nasty Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor). The song now soundtracks many .
When Universal Music Group pulled its catalogue from TikTok — — there was a drought of viral songs. At times, it felt like all we had was Djo’s
But now the drought is over with rain pouring from the sky. In the past month alone, there’s been not one, but that passed over from run-of-the-mill hit to meme moments.
We’re so back.
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