Drake’s “Toosie Slide” Reportedly Sets Huge TikTok Record
Written by SOURCE on April 18, 2020
To no one’s surprise, Drake‘s “Toosie Slide” is blowing up on TikTok, so much so that he has reportedly set a new record on the video-sharing platform.
According to TMZ, sources at TikTok say the #ToosieSlide hashtag was able to garner one billion views in just the matter two days—marking “the fastest music trend” to hit the 10-figure milestone on the popular app. The outlet reports the hashtag has since received a total of three billion, emphasizing that the figure was strictly for “#ToosieSlide related content,” and not the original clip Drizzy had used to tease the track late last month.
TikTok said the Kylie Jenner-inspired #RiseandShine was the first hashtag to get one billion views on the app back in October. But, again, the views weren’t for a single post; they were the total views garnered by all the #RiseandShine content, such as parody videos.
“Toosie Slide” hit streaming services in early April, igniting another dance craze. The track was reminiscent of the line dance staple “Cha-Cha Slide,” as it included dance instruction that almost anyone could follow: “It go right foot up, left foot, slide/Left foot up, right foot, slide,” Drake directs. “Basically, I’m sayin’ either way, we ’bout to slide/Can’t let this one slide.”
The track was named after ATL choreographer Toosie, who was tasked to come up with the dance.
“[Drake] had a record idea and needed me to come up with a dance to it,” Toosie told GQ, adding he came up with choreography with his crew. “Everybody was contributing little moves, and slowly but surely, we started piecing it together … [Drake] fell in love with it. He was like, ‘Y’all are the greatest, man. This is it!'”
