FIFTY FIFTY Or NewJeans? American Singer-Songwriter’s Viral Hit Mistaken For A K-Pop Song
A Western song is being mistaken for K-Pop on the video-sharing app TikTok.
Recently, LA-based Vietnamese American singer-songwriter thuy shared a video clip from her “girls like me don’t cry” music video. She wrote, “pov: instead of going to cry i made this song.”
@thuymusic its cheaper anyways 🥴🥲
It went viral with 804K views at the time of writing. Netizens were shook to discover that the song was not by a K-Pop artist.
Thuy responded with a couple of videos. In one, she asked why so many thought “girls like me don’t cry” was a K-Pop song. But she was complimented!
@thuymusic Replying to @🇨🇴 def a compliment to me!!
In another, she responded to a comment that read, “I was so convinced this was a kpop.” So, thuy shared a clip from her music video, adding the text, “pov: u all thought this was a kpop song.”
@thuymusic Replying to @🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 if u didnt know, hi hello :)
This video went viral with 4.9M views at the time of writing. Even more, netizens were shocked to discover the song was not by either K-Pop girl groups NewJeans or FIFTY FIFTY.
Discovering that a lot of people, especially K-Pop fans, mistook her song for one by FIFTY FIFTY, thuy shared a mashup of “girls like me don’t cry” and FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” by MADTREE (@madfntree on TikTok).
@thuymusic Replying to @ₓ˚. ୭ ˚sammi ˚ ୧ .˚ₓ i luv this mashup hehe
@thuymusic Replying to @eva !! shout out to the person who made this remix :)
Now, fans were convinced the songs were soulmates. It only made them want an official collaboration.
We can only imagine how magical that collab would be!
What's Happening Around The World
Share This Post
