The I’m Just A Kid challenge that started earlier this year on TiKTok is still going strong apparently!
If you’re not in the loop on what this challenge entails, let us explain: at the beginning of this year, when people started getting isolated in their homes, somebody decided to use Simple Plan’s 2002 hit song ‘I’m Just A Kid’ to recreate their old-school photos – but in the 2020 setting. This trend went viral very quickly, as tens of thousands of people joined in to recreate their own photos.
This time around, the challenge has spiked an interest in the one and only Will Smith on the set of his Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion. The movie star, also a TikTok & YouTube star these days, Will Smith filmed not only one, but two TikToks using Simple Plan’s song ‘I’m Just A Kid’ to recreate some of his Fresh Prince character’s most popular scenes. Check them out below:
After the unexpected sudden success of their first ever single ‘I’m Just A Kid’ on TikTok – thanks to the so called ‘I’m Just A Kid challenge’, which made people recreate photos from their childhood, Simple Plan decided to give this new platform a try as well. From now on, you can find Simple Plan under their official TikTok profile – @simpleplan.
And that’s not all! From their undisclosed locations in lockdown, both Sebastien and David already hopped on the trend and posted their own renditions of the ‘I’m Just A Kid challenge’ on the band’s new TikTok profile. Check them out below:
In a completely unexpected turn of events, Simple Plan’s 2002 hit single ‘I’m Just A Kid’ recently became viral after thousands of users began using the song in a new trend on the social media platform TikTok. The ‘I’m Just A Kid’ challenge on TikTok lies in recreation of one’s childhood photos in 2020 with a cut to the old photo.
Over the past couple of days – because of this new TikTok trend, Simple Plan’s song has been used on over 680 000 times for more and more recreations of people’s past, as most are stuck in self isolation with nothing on their hands. Overall, the I’m Just A Kid challenge itself has been viewed over 43 million times. According to Sebastien, because of the popularity of ‘I’m Just A Kid’ on TikTok, the song has now also become trending on Spotify.
Simple Plan themselves were very pleasantly surprised with the sudden viral use of their first ever single and shared a few of their favorite TikTok creations on their Instagram [see them here]. Check out what SP had to say about this unexpected viral fame:
“In the midst of all the chaos, craziness and bad news of the last weeks, watching this happen and catch fire has been truly magical for us. It’s definitely a little ironic to go viral in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, but we are so grateful for every family, sibling, kid, parent, couple and animal-owner who’s taking part in the #imjustakidchallenge on @TikTok and sharing these amazing videos.
It’s pretty incredible to watch a song we wrote almost 20 years ago bring people together and make them smile. Thank you for sharing these memories and if you haven’t made one yet, what are you waiting for? We can’t wait to see yours!”
Apart from the tens of thousands of TikTok users, this trend has also become popular amongst many prominent internet stars – including David Dobrik, James Charles or the Dolan twins. But the video that the Simple Plan fans will most likely appreciate the most was done by one of Simple Plan’s best friends, Patrick Langlois (their former photographer, merch guy and webmaster). Patrick decided to hop on this trend just a few days ago – recreating his old picture with Chuck – even in self-isolation. Check it out:
And below you can check out a compilation of some of the examples of TikTok’s viral I’m Just A Kid challenge:
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