TikTok’s latest viral trend has roots in an unlikely source: a 10-year-old Russian cereal commercial. The video shows a computer-animated llama dancing to a haunting, high-pitched vocal in the desert while bathed in apocalyptic red light.
The childish song is a remix of the jingle from a 2010 commercial for Russian cereal Miel Pops, or Honey Pops. Its lyrics roughly translate to: “Miel Pops, buzz buzz buzz, buzz buzz buzz. Miel Pops, so delicious, om nom nom. Honey balls for breakfast. Miel Pops, honey drip drip drip, drip drip drip.”
The jingle’s rebirth came when Russian singer Chernaya Princessa uploaded a video of herself singing an acoustic cover of the song. Another user sped up her audio and used it to soundtrack a screen recording of herself playing a video game.
Many Spanish-speaking users heard the words “mi pan,” or “my bread,” instead of the Miel Pops name, and incorrectly assumed the jingle was proclaiming one’s love for bread. Many videos using the audio show people dancing with loaves of bread as a result.
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