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This Viral ‘Song of the Summer’ Was a TikTok Joke No One Got

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07.05.2024

If you’ve scrolled through TikTok in the last week, the voice of Megan Boni singing about a tall, blue-eyed finance bro is likely living rent-free in your head.

“I’m looking for a man in finance, trust fund, 6’5”, blue eyes. Finance, trust fund, 6’5” blue eyes,” Boni sings to the camera in a faux British accent to an EDM-style beat.

“I’m looking for a man, I’m looking for a man, I’m looking for a looking for a, looking for a, looking for a finance, trust fund 6’5,” blue eyes finance, trust fund, 6’5”, blue eyes.”

The 19-second TikTok posted on April 30 came with a plea for one of Boni’s 159,000 followers to turn her beat into an “actual song”—and it quickly became the app’s latest viral trend. Over the last six days, the video has gotten over 10.6 million views and remixes from almost two dozen online DJs. It was played at Loud Luxury and Elderbrook’s sets over the weekend and caught the interest of “Call Her Daddy” podcaster Alex Cooper and singer-songwriter FINNEAS.

But Boni told........

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