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Skibidi Toilet trend explained as strange phenomenon goes viral – Community

Skibidi Toilet trend explained as strange phenomenon goes viral – Community

Confusing expressions and slang often leave you feeling really old or just thinking: What’s going on?

And among all Generation Z words What many people are trying to wrap their heads around is a more peculiar phenomenon, the ‘Skibidi Toilet’.

From trending date tiktok To the North West to get his mother Kim Kardashian A diamond necklace engraved on it, this must be it the strangest sentence of the year.

So, if you are also confused about what this means, let’s keep ourselves updated and explain the viral Skibidi Toilet trend.

Yeah, it's creepy (DaFuq!?Boom!)

Yeah, it’s creepy (DaFuq!?Boom!)

Skibidi Where did the toilet trend come from?

So it all started with a simple 11-second animated video that has been viewed over 208 million times. And since then, there have been a ton of follow-ups and remixes.

In February 2023, animator Alexey Gerasimov was inspired by a nightmare he used to have over and over again. He then created a short film showing a man’s head coming out of a toilet and singing a TikTok remix of Biser King’s “Dom Dom Yes Yes.”

What is Skibidi Toilet all about?

Apparently these disgusting toilets are some sort of invasive alien species or a virus, but there’s a lot of debate as to whether they’re the bad guys or not.

And it looks like the end of the world is coming around them, with an army of mechanical men with speakers, screens and cameras for heads. People who appear to be dead are being replaced by increasingly powerful toilets.

One fan theory says that weird songs are the Skibidis’ way of communicating and spreading their ‘virus’, while others think it’s a battle between traditional and new media (movie and TV versus memes and viral content).

This is a whole series (DaFuq!?Boom!)

This is a whole series (DaFuq!?Boom!)

Skibidi Toilet growth

Channel ‘DaFuq!?Boom!’ He is known as and continued to share toilet heads, which slowly turned into a real narrative.

This saw a massive battle between the Skibidi Toilets and the Camera Heads.

And there’s no arguing that this show could be really successful on a regular kids’ platform, but kids are really obsessed.

What was once a nightmare for Gerasimov has now turned into a huge series with its own dystopian universe, full of strange songs.

Why has the Skibidi Toilet trend become so popular?

Thanks to the catchy song and the oddity of a human head in a disgusting toilet, people can’t escape the idea of ​​it anymore.

And while you may think this all sounds ‘very Gen Z’, it’s actually Generation Alpha where Skibidi Toilet is taking off.

Yep, those born between 2010 and now seem to be the real fans of this trend.

Extremely popular on YouTube, Gerasimov has managed to amass millions of subscribers as the series has become an absolute stunner. And then TikTok further strengthened the popularity of the trend, with videos on ‘Skibidi Toilet’ being viewed more than 20 billion times.

Okay, Skibidi Toilet, gentlemen.