TikTok is a video-sharing platform that aims to “makes peoples’ day”. Launched in 2016 by company ByteDance, tikTok has a whopping 1bn users in 2021 as per Wallaroo Media.
From food to dancing, make-up to impersonations, there are all kinds of challenges that go viral on Tiktok on a daily basis. So, what is the Nightmare Challenge? Let’s take a look at the trend and what’s involved…
What is the Nightmare Challenge on TikTok?
The Nightmare Challenge is trending on TikTok in 2021.
The short video slips see people miming the words to song lyrics.
Many of the TikTok videos contain captions that explain the user’s point of view when saying the lyrics. For example, one person wrote: “#pov : the “perfect” daughter of the “perfect family” finally snaps after years of keeping up her image in order to make her parents happy”.
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How to join the #NightmareChallenge
Taking part in the #NightmareChallenge on TikTok is pretty simple, anyone can join in.
Just use the audio from other peoples’ Nightmare Challenge videos, such as this one, and use it for your own. To do this, just click on the audio text on the right-hand side which appears in bold with a music note symbol next to it.
Once the Nightmare audio is selected, the user can film their camera-facing video and mime the words along with whichever #pov caption fits.
Halsey sings the song “Nightmare”
If anyone was wondering who’s recognisable voice was singing the words “C’mon little lady, give us a smile” at the start of every Nightmare Challenge video, wonder no more as it’s huge superstar Halsey!
Halsey is releasing new music on August 27th, 2021, but her song “Nightmare” was a standalone single released a couple of years ago.
Halsey released the song in 2019 and it looks to have gained even more popularity due to its viral circulation on TikTok!
The lyrics featured in the TikTok challenge are as follows:
“I’ve pinched my skin in between my two fingers
And wished I could cut some parts off with some scissors
Come on, little lady, give us a smile
No, I ain’t got nothin’ to smile about
I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for
A moment to say I don’t owe you a goddamn thing“
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