Ashley Look at Me

About

Ashley Look at Me refers to a viral TikTok sound consisting of a scene from season 2 of The Boys remixed with "MONTAGEM – PR FUNK" by S3BZS where Homelander yells at Ashley Barrett, "Ashley, look at me" as the beat builds. In June 2023, the sound inspired a lip dub trend where users apply the Striking Face filter, then transition out of the filter as the beat drops. The sound also inspired a dance trend that July. The original sound was used over 4 million times between June 1st and August 8th, 2023.

Origin

On June 1st, 2023, TikToker^[1] @san.skywvker posted an edit of a scene from The Boys season 2, episode 1 where Homelander yells at Ashley, the Senior Vice President of Hero Management, "Ashley! Look at me," as a beat, "MONTAGEM – PR FUNK" by S3BZS, builds in the background. As he says "me," the beat drops, followed by a compilation of Homelander clips. The video gained over 62 million views in two months (shown below).

Spread

It is unclear who first used the original sound for the video, however, it became notably popular over the following months, inspiring over 4.4 million uses in two months. Some of the most popular videos are transition lip dubs, where users lip dub to the audio while wearing the "Striking Face" filter, then transition to themselves as Homelander says "me." For example, on June 15th, TikToker^[2] @nadinebreaty posted a video like this, garnering over 74 million views in two months (shown below, left). On June 21st, TikToker^[3] @ravvcorn413 posted a video like this, garnering over 107 million views in two months (shown below, right).

On July 3rd, YouTuber^[4] SGxHaunter posted an edit based on the scene, garnering over 1.1 million views in a month (shown below).

On July 11th, TikToker^[5] @berdox24 posted a video where he lip dubs then dances to the audio, garnering over 46.9 million views in a month (shown below, left). On July 28th. TikToker^[6] @qpark posted a video doing a similar dance to the audio, garnering over 59 million views in just over a week (shown below, right).

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