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Lizzo DNA Test challenge

Meme & format · 2019 · Viral

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TikTok users turned Lizzo’s 100% lyric into jokes about their identities.

Original · @reedkavner
Clip · @iheartradio on TikTok
Clip · Lizzo Music on YouTube
Got my DNA test back! #comedy #funny #lizzo #foryou #foryoupage
@reedkavner on TikTok
When Lizzo takes her own #DNATest 🤑💰 #featurethis
@iheartradio on TikTok
Lizzo
Billboard
TikTok Top 100: Celebrating the videos and creative community that made TikTok so lovable in 2019 - Newsroom | TikTok
TikTok Newsroom
Lizzo - Truth Hurts (Official Video)
Lizzo Music on YouTube

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Numbers

Milestone date
Week of Apr 17, 2019
Feb 14 ’19 to Week of Apr 17, 2019
Platforms
8
Started on TikTok
Origin
Organic
Entertainment

Mechanics

  • Remixable templatePrimary
  • Challenge
  • Identity badge
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Catchphrase

How it spread

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Users mimed a DNA swab to Truth Hurts and changed the result to fit their identities. Versions reached Instagram and Twitter; Lizzo joined through iHeartRadio. Spotify made a quiz, and the parent song later topped the Hot 100.

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Mar ’19AprMayJulSepOctNovDecTikTokYouTubeInstagramXPressOpen webAudioTV
TikTokYouTubeInstagramXPressOpen webAudioTV

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Timeline (16)

  1. February 2019

    @reedkavner seed · Feb 14 ’19

    Reed Kavner posted an early DNA Test challenge video.[1][2][3]

    Got my DNA test back! #comedy #funny #lizzo #foryou #foryoupage
    Open the first post ↗

  2. March 2019

    Red Wasp platform jump · Mar 30 ’19

    Red Wasp uploaded a compilation of DNA Test challenge videos.[3]

  3. @minnieandtink platform jump · Mar 31 ’19

    Minnie and Tink posted a #dnatest version on Instagram.[4]

Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
  1. 2026-10-12Added: 16 events, 26 sources · Score 43
Origin
Organic
Sector
Entertainment
Region
Global
Reported figure
—
Evidence
Grade B

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  1. February 2019

    @reedkavner seed · Feb 14 ’19

    Reed Kavner posted an early DNA Test challenge video.[1][2][3]

    Got my DNA test back! #comedy #funny #lizzo #foryou #foryoupage
    Open the first post ↗

  2. March 2019

    Red Wasp platform jump · Mar 30 ’19

    Red Wasp uploaded a compilation of DNA Test challenge videos.[3]

  3. @minnieandtink platform jump · Mar 31 ’19

    Minnie and Tink posted a #dnatest version on Instagram.[4]

  1. press · Week of Apr 5, 2019

  2. platform jump · Apr 6 ’19

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