While Taylor Swift dropped her surprise album, Folklore, last week, a much older song is taking over TikTok. Swift’s hit “Love Story” is going viral once again, despite it being released nearly twelve years ago. Why the sudden revival? The latest trend to takeover TikTok features audio that is a remix of the famous track.
The audio, named “Love Song Discolines” after a SoundCloud mix, was originally posted on July 10, according to Junkee. Now, the song has been featured in over one million TikToks.
How to Do the “Love Story” Trend
The trend is fairly simple. One must place their phone on a moving platform (skateboard, car, rolling chair) and have it roll away from them as it records. While it’s rolling, one usually dances to their own routine. A typical attempt looks something like this:
@brandonlangys Alfredo : “When do we come in again?” Me : “Now”😂 ##shuffle ##fyp ##hello @fredooo0 @beerrats
♬ Love story discolines – ethanishung
However, like many TikTok viral trends, users are doing just about anything they can to stand out from other participants. Some, like user @kyle_xldworth, are using aerial drones to film their rooftop TikToks.
@kyle_xldworth i think im gonna take the cake for this challenge ##fyp ##foryou ##drone ##juliet ##xyzbca
♬ Love story discolines – ethanishung
The user credited with starting off the trend, @ethanishung, even reacted to another user taking part in the trend. He wrote, “When you were just vibing in your room one day and accidentally started one of the biggest trends of 2020.”
@ethanishung ##duet with @jayleepothier the amount of good vibes from this trend makes me so happy ##throwingitforward ##GreekFreakOut ##discolines ##fypシ
♬ Love story discolines – ethanishung
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