“Fuck ya life, bing bong!” shouts a man with a heavy New York City accent at the beginning of a TikTok soundbite that’s been played over tens of millions of times in the past several weeks. In fact, if you’ve spent any time on the platform yourself lately, you’ve probably found the clips inescapable. What’s less clear, however, is where this baffling TikTok trend originated from. So to get to the bottom of it all, we’ll start from the beginning.
How the Bing Bong trend started
In September 2019, NYU students Trent Simonian and Jack Byrne started the “one-minute street show” Sidetalk, which takes place across the various boroughs of New York City — from Times Square to Coney Island — to interview locals and tourists alike. Each episode kicks off with a sound familiar to New Yorkers; the ubiquitous “Bing Bong” noise is heard on MTA trains to alert riders to stand clear of the door.
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