A Western song is being mistaken for K-Pop on the video-sharing app TikTok.
Recently, LA-based Vietnamese American singer-songwriter thuy shared a video clip from her “girls like me don’t cry” music video. She wrote, “pov: instead of going to cry i made this song.”
@thuymusic its cheaper anyways 🥴🥲
♬ girls like me don’t cry (sped up) – thuy
It went viral with 804K views at the time of writing. Netizens were shook to discover that the song was not by a K-Pop artist.
Thuy responded with a couple of videos. In one, she asked why so many thought “girls like me don’t cry” was a K-Pop song. But she was complimented!
@thuymusic Replying to @🇨🇴 def a compliment to me!!
♬ Girls Like Me Don’t Cry – thuy
In another, she responded to a comment that read, “I was so convinced this was a kpop.” So, thuy shared a clip from her music video, adding the text, “pov: u all thought this was a kpop song.”
@thuymusic Replying to @🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 if u didnt know, hi hello 🙂
♬ girls like me don’t cry (sped up) – thuy
This video went viral with 4.9M views at the time of writing. Even more, netizens were shocked to discover the song was not by either K-Pop girl groups NewJeans or FIFTY FIFTY.
Discovering that a lot of people, especially K-Pop fans, mistook her song for one by FIFTY FIFTY, Thuy shared a mashup of “girls like me don’t cry” and FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” by MADTREE (@madfntree on TikTok).
@thuymusic Replying to @ₓ˚. ୭ ˚sammi ˚ ୧ .˚ₓ i luv this mashup hehe
♬ girls like cupid dont cry – MADTREE
@thuymusic Replying to @eva !! shout out to the person who made this remix 🙂
♬ girls like cupid dont cry – MADTREE
Now, fans were convinced the songs were soulmates. It only made them want an official collaboration.
We can only imagine how magical that collab would be!
