00:00Why is this 133-year-old song going viral?
00:15Daisy Bell by Lil God became a viral meme in late 2025, but the story actually starts much earlier.
00:20This is a cover of Daisy Bell, the 1892 song also known as Bicycle Built for Two.
00:24It was also famously the first song ever performed by a computer.
00:30Daisy Bell by Lil God began teasing his version on TikTok in February 2024, then released the full cover on YouTube in March.
00:40For over a year, it quietly gained around 20,000 views.
00:43Then in August 2025, something changed.
00:45Lil God posted a video of himself performing the song while wearing a mask, and this time it exploded, reaching 2.2 million views in just two weeks.
00:52The song quickly became the subject of memes across TikTok.
00:55Many users started calling it a brain rot song due to Lil God's delivery and appearance.
00:59One creator posted an accuracy reenactment with an exaggerated version of the performance.
01:03Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do.
01:10Another lip synced to the song while making unusual facial expressions.
01:14When Lil God posted an acapella version in a parking garage at the end of August, it gained over 1.2 million views.
01:20The video was shared on Twitter with someone commenting,
01:22Other creators began making fun of Lil God's style choices.
01:33One popular video showed images including camo shorts and what they called the ice cream haircut, a reference to Lil God's appearance.
01:39The meme became so widespread that creators started using the audio for completely unrelated content,
01:44including videos about the amazing digital circus and random comedy skits.
01:47Bubil God's style choices.
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