What is the TikTok crying trend? Fake cry challenge goes viral and stirs controversy TikTok: hannahstockingWomen using a viral TikTok sound to prove how well they can fake cry are being widely criticized online, with some calling the trend \u201cchilling.\u201d With the popularity of short-form video app TikTok snowballing over the past couple of years, it has become the home of countless viral trends, challenges, dances, and more. Although plenty of the trends are harmless enough, many of them have been criticized online for being dangerous to the participant, or offensive toward certain communities. A new trend that\u2019s doing the rounds on the platform is called the \u2018crying trend\u2019 or the \u2018turn it off\u2019 trend, and shows people using a popular TikTok sound to prove how realistically they can fake cry. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load Participants begin the video by crying hysterically, and as the beat drops, they abruptly stop crying and go deadpan to prove just how fast they can switch between emotions. \u2018TikTok crying trend\u2019 criticized online However, with many of the most viral videos featuring white women, the challenge has been condemned on social media. Writer Imani Barbarin responded to the trend on TikTok. \u201cI don\u2019t have anything to say except, we been knew,\u201d she said. \u201cWe know under a system of white supremacy who is the most dangerous. This is not a trend. Look under the sound. This is not a trend, this is just our lives.\u201d This \u201ctrend\u201d is chilling. It\u2019s more of a threat. pic.twitter.com\/pwyzRrXrdq \u2014 @ImaniBarbarin@disabled.social (@Imani_Barbarin) June 16, 2021 Another user said the trend is \u201cnot funny,\u201d adding that, \u201cthe power those waterworks have over a black person\u2019s LIFE is shown time & time again in cases like Emmett Till.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFRODIYKE\/status\/1405331262840127490 While TikToker Hannah Stocking\u2019s video has over 3 million likes, the comments have been flooded by people calling out the challenge. The top comment reading \u2018this isn\u2019t the flex you think it is\u2019 has over 21,000 likes. The trend continues to be criticized widely across multiple platforms, with videos explaining why the trend is problematic garnering hundreds and thousands of likes on TikTok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is the TikTok crying trend? Fake cry challenge goes viral and stirs controversy TikTok: hannahstockingWomen using a viral TikTok sound to prove how well they can fake cry are being widely criticized online, with some calling the trend \u201cchilling.\u201d With the popularity of short-form video app TikTok snowballing over the past couple of years, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}