Music has become an indelible part of the TikTok experience. People often put music to their TikToks to make it pop.
As it is one of the most popular apps on the internet, whenever a trend or challenge goes viral, the music used with the challenge goes viral too. Sometimes the music is part of the challenge while sometimes, the music is subservient to the trend or challenge in the video.
Either way, TikTok’s virality has somewhat changed the musical landscape of modern-day pop music and has leveled the playing field. Be it stars from the old days, modern pop stars, or newcomers, everyone has a chance to get big on TikTok.
The songs can be on any topic, as songs from heartfelt ballads to joke songs have gotten popular on the app. The song behind this new TikTok trend of Dumb Decisions is a great example of a forlorn song suddenly becoming a huge trend.
Dumb Decision Song On TikTok Lyrics And Meaning Explained
A trend called ‘Dumb Decision’ has recently become popular on TikTok.
The actual title of the song is Escapism by British singer and songwriter Raye, featuring American rapper and singer 070 Shake. The song has been called due to the part of the song that prominently features the phrase “Dumb Decision” becoming popular.
The lyrics in question are The man that I love sat me down last night/ And he told me that it’s over, dumb decision. In the context of the song, the singer is singing these lines following a verse where she talks about flirting and planning to spend the night with a man she has recently met in the bar.
She plans to spend the night with him to feel better after being broken up with by the man in the famous couplet. The song then goes on to detail her experiences on a drunken night, both with the stranger and without him showing up all the horrifying things she gets herself into.
The trend surrounding this song first started with people, especially women, talking about dumb decisions they have made after being broken up with by a man. However, since then, the trend has turned into something completely different.
The most prominent example is of women using the sound in videos of them either getting ready or applying makeup, with videos of them fixing their hair becoming the most popular.
If one goes on TikTok and searches up the sound for Escapism by Raya, they will be greeted by a plethora of videos of women fixing their hair with a myriad of techniques.
Who Sings The Dumb Decision Song On TikTok?
The Dumb Decision TikTok Song is from the song Escapism by Raya and 070 Shake. Raya is a British singer and 070 Shake is an American Rapper.
Raya released the song independently on October 2022 alongside another song of hers called “The Thrill Is Gone.” The songs served as singles for her upcoming album “My 21st Century Blues” which is set to be released on February 23, 2023.
Raye co-wrote the song with 070 Shake alongside Mike Sabath who also produced the song. The song stayed under the radar for the first month of its release.
However, TikTok changed everything and the song went viral on the app in November 2022, which led to the song charting internationally. It reached number 1 in Ireland and number 2 in the United Kingdom.
As of the writing of this article, it is Raye’s highest charting single in her entire career. The song is also her first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Alongside the United States, the song also charted in the top 20 in countries like Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and Norway.
The song has made Raye something of a bubbling pop star in both the UK and the US. In the former, she gained a solid footing after performing the song live on the British television series Later with Jools Holland.
She also released a music video for the song on November 9, 2022, shortly before the song blew up on TikTok. The song currently sits at 6.5 million views on YouTube even though it was released just a month ago.
It is the highest amount of views she has achieved in any of her music videos. Raye is a classic example of a hitherto unknown musician who has increased her fame due to TikTok.