Balkan Rage

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About

Balkan Rage is a TikTok brain rot slang trend that was popularized on the app in September 2024. The phrase is often paired with the other popular ironic memes at the time, including "still water," "noradrenaline," and "hawk tuah." The meme was likely inspired by a series of TikToks made by Balkan women talking about Balkan female rage, with subsequent ironic meme creators powerscaling "Balkan rage" against the idea of noradrenaline, often set to a phonk soundtrack.

Origin

The phrase "Balkan Rage" likely originates from a series of TikTok videos by Eastern European women who described their anger as "Balkan female rage." TikToker^[1] @gabrielamaksimovaa posted one such video on December 27th, 2022, gathering over 400,000 plays and 66,000 likes in two years.

@gabrielamaksimovaa Love to see it.(tova e noviq mi lyubim balkan tik tok sound🫶) #foryou #foryoupage #balkan #fyp #balkantiktok #bulgaria ♬ original sound – bondisimo

More videos about "Balkan female rage" went viral in 2024, with TikToker^[2] @karleusa posting a compilation of clips depicting "Balkan female rage" on June 8th, 2024, gathering nearly 2 million plays and 200,000 likes in five months.

@karleusa 24/7 #fyp #viral #jelenakarleusa #marijaserifovic #zvezdegranda #foryou #meme ♬ female rage – JELENA KARLEUŠA

However, the earliest known ironic meme edit about "Balkan rage" was an August 27th, 2024, post by TikToker^[3] @low_quality_stan91, who posted a Jonkler meme with a text caption that read, "balkan rage + zimbawean flicker munting + equatorial guinea sandpaper edging." The post gathered over 13,000 plays and 600 likes in a month.

@low_quality_stan91 #fyp @Virgil Van Dijk @soda @Diddy ♬ 1 second count / when button pressed / time signal 03(1107043) – QUESS

Spread

More memes about "Balkan rage" began making the rounds in August and September 2024, with TikToker^[4] @haolfy posting a video on August 30th that gathered over 219,000 plays and 20,000 likes in a month.

@haolfy #viral #trending #fyp #foryoupage #foryou ♬ Troll Phonk – LC DE VV

On September 5th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @tarxyzi posted a video joking about how embarrassing they find the phrase "Balkan rage" to be, gathering over 500,000 plays and 70,000 likes in a month.

@tarxyzi Like NO! That does NOT exist please😓🤚 #skibidiwarrior #whatthe #trend #meow #rizz #skibididopdopdopyesyesyesyesnononono #feliznavidad #skibidirizz #simphony ♬ Did Somebody Say HipOpera – Latto & Christina Aguilera

On September 20th, TikToker^[6] @gergthesupreme posted an ironic Those Who Know phonk edit powerscaling "Balkan rage" against other popular TikTok slang terms at the time, gathering over 70,000 plays and 1,400 likes in a week.

@gergthesupreme Sigma #sigma #phonk #trollface #balkan #adtenalinerush #adrenaline #noradrenaline #mangos ♬ Mangos – Tiktok Version – LDRR

On October 2nd, 2024, TikToker^[7] @riteweld's posted a meme using the phrase "Balkan rage," gathering over 20,000 plays and 2,000 likes in two days.

@riteweld THOSE WHO KNOW💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀☠️☠️💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ #winterarc #fyp ♬ SONIC.EXE – ULTRA SLOWED – dawnicy & MC MN

Various Examples

@elias20209920
Adrenaline + noradrenaline +hawk tuah + anger issues + balkan parents + english or Spanish + german stare + Balkan rage + jonkler laugh + phonk + those who know=💀

♬ Originalton – ….