TikTok has become a new space for creatives to flourish, sharing their work and — when things work out — sometimes finding recognition and fame through the site.
As such, trending music often starts on TikTok. Even if it wasn’t spawned by a frequent TikToker — like Jax’s “Victoria’s Secret” — the site has increasingly become the testing grounds for fresh bangers. Even older songs return to prominence following a detour through TikTok, which — paired with relevant pop culture resurgences — breathed new life into releases like “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God),” “Dreams,” and “Potential Breakup Song” through the early 2020s.
New music can also find a foothold through the app, as can slightly older — but not decades old — favorites. When a new track rises on the app, it typically litters hundreds of thousands of separate videos, all but ensuring that most viewers will stumble across it eventually. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear what the song is that accompanies a video, which leaves some users fruitlessly searching the web in vain. We’ve got answers for those curious web-users seeking out information on one of TikTok’s latest bangers, which has a single line on constant repeat in our heads.
What is the song in TikTok’s ‘did you pray today’ trend?
The same line keeps cropping up in TikTok videos, as aggressive base and a single voice demand to know “did you pray today?”
The line is from Young Thug’s 2016 track “Gangster Sh*t.” The trend leans on a few lines from the song’s earliest moments, which simply see the rapper repeat “did you pray today” and variations of “I could put you down on some gangster sh*t” several times. The remainder of the song is largely absent from TikTok videos, and the version that is most commonly used appears to be distorted. Videos participating in the trend usually sound like they’ve blown a speaker out, and Young Thug’s original is much less jarring.
What is the ‘did you pray today’ trend?
Videos participating in TikTok’s “did you pray today” trend are pretty diverse, but many rely on the same components. To be fair, its not so much a trend as an oft-used song, which is largely the culprit behind its tag page’s diversity. Still, quite a few people enjoy the audio clip in the same context: with their hands pressed together, as if in prayer, and dancing along to the beat, or responding to a caption about various scenarios — like checking your bank account — that might require a quick prayer.
There are quite a few animal videos accompanying the trend, as well, as cats — in particular — appearing to engage in prayer dominate the relevant hashtag’s most popular section.
There’s also a subsection of the trend that appears to use the song as a compliment of sorts. Videos leaning on this translation of the trend largely feature particularly attractive or appealing women, and seem to lean into the “prayer” portion of the song in a much thirstier context. The implication appears to be that, after witnessing these women, viewers will need a prayer or two to cleanse their filthy souls.
