I'm Taking Bebop to the K-Pop Store Today

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I'm Taking Bebop to the K-Pop Store Today, continued I'm So Happy. I Love K-Pop, refers to a viral video posted to TikTok in January 2024, showing a mother taking her daughter Bebop to a K-pop store called K-Pop Story near Atlanta, Georgia. The original video was posted by TikToker @bebopandbebe. Many viewers found the video funny because of Bebop's word pronunciation that made "happy" sound like "happeh" and gave "K-pop" a bubblegum-popping sound. The video spread as many on TikTok used the audio as a TikTok sound for their own memetic content.

Origin

On January 7th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @bebopandbebe posted a video that started with her saying, "I'm taking Bebop to the K-pop store today." Then, her daughter named Bebop said, "I'm so happy. I love K-pop." Over 19 days, the video received roughly 3.9 million plays and 404,400 likes (shown below).

@bebopandbebe 🩷KPop Story🩷 #straykids #blackpink #sanrio #kpop ♬ Trending upbeat corporate sound ♪ – 3KTrack

Spread

On January 13th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @jaeyun4me posted a video that used the audio of @bebopandbebe's TikTok,^[1] adding it to footage of ENHYPEN members Jake and Heeseung. The video gained over 1.3 million plays and 118,700 likes in 13 days (shown below, left).

After the TikTok's^[2] virality, its sound^[3] was used by others to generate memetic content. For instance, the first known creator to use the sound was TikToker^[4] @jhopes._.bestie2 on January 14th, 2024, in which she lip-dubbed Bebop's catchphrase, gaining roughly 2.3 million plays and 267,900 likes in 12 days (shown below, right).

@jaeyun4me i think he loves kpop #enhypen #jake #heeseung #jaeyun4me ♬ original sound – layla’s mother

@jhopes..bestie2
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Going into January 2024, TikTokers continued to use the sound,^[3] such as TikToker^[5] @nava.aaron on January 23rd, 2024, who used the audio to proclaim his love for Dr. Pepper, receiving roughly 3.2 million plays and 580,800 likes in three days (shown below, left).

On January 25th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @quetza11i posted a video about her mom not yelling at her all day, gaining roughly 4.4 million plays and 998,100 likes in one day (shown below, right).

@nava.aaron i love my dr pepper#fy #drpepper ♬ original sound – layla’s mother

@quetza11i #imsohappy ♬ original sound – layla’s mother

During the same timeframe, other sounds^[7] using the same audio emerged. By January 26th, 2024, the trend's primary TikTok sound^[3] had amassed over 19,500 posts using it.