“All the girls getting whiplash”: What is TikTok’s “I Woke Up In A Bugatti” trend trying to prove?

Couples on TikTok and Instagram are demonstrating who’s faster and more powerful by yanking each other offscreen in videos set to Ace Hood lyrics: “I woke up in a new Bugatti.”

Seated on the floor, one person sings along with Ace Hood and poses as if they are shifting a luxury vehicle into gear while another person yanks—or pitifully drags—them offscreen.

Groups of TikTok users were careening out of frame in videos like this back in 2023, but everyone was speeding off in an imaginary new Bugatti.