A man is going viral on TikTok for sending singing voice notes to his Hinge matches. So far, he says the strategy is paying off.
- A TikToker is sending voice notes of himself singing to his dating app matches on Hinge.
- He is personalizing the songs by changing the lyrics to include the name of his match.
A TikToker has attracted attention by sending videos of himself singing to his matches on the dating app Hinge and modifying the lyrics to feature the women's names.
25-year-old Lachlan Carter, who lives in Queensland, Australia, and goes by the TikTok username @swagmeisters69, posted the first video of himself singing to one of his Hinge matches in a voice note on July 14.
In the message, he sings along to the instrumental version of "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" by Australian rock band Powderfinger. He changes the opening line of the song, "Baby I've got you on my mind, honey you won't ever know," to include the name of his Hinge match, Emma.
"Emma, I've got you on my mind, honey you won't ever know," he sings in the 13-second voice note.
"Immediately sold," one user wrote in the comments. Another wrote, "please why is there no one like this on my hinge."
Although it is not shown in the video, which has since been viewed over 950 million times, Carter said that Emma did respond to his message. "She replied with a 'save the date' in August for a viewing or screening," he told Insider.
The movie she had invited him to was 'These Days (Live in Concert)' — a one-off screening in Brisbane on August 24, with the opportunity to meet Powderfinger after the showing.
When asked if they will go to the event, Carter said that they were "still trying to sort it."
Carter said that he initially decided to try out the trend because he was feeling "bored with the standard way of using Hinge," and felt like he was just going "through the motions" while using the app. He said that every interaction with people he matched with felt the same.
The next day, he decided to try his luck with another Hinge match. This time, he went with "Hero," the famous pop song released by Enrique Iglesias in 2001.
"Zoe, I can be your hero, baby. Zoe, I can kiss away the pain. Zoe, I'll stand by you forever," he sings in the 19-second voice note. As of Thursday, his TikTok video of the interaction has been viewed 1.7 million times.
"Lachlan, I'm actually in love with you," Zoe responds in the video.
"I know, I have the voice of an angel," replies Carter.
"so these are the dudes I'm competing with on hinge eh," one user said in a comment, which has over 18,600 likes.
Carter — who has since posted over a dozen other videos and updates about his singing successes — said that he and Zoe are still trying to set up a date. He told Insider, "Singing to girls on Hinge has actually been such a laugh and makes it fun and most girls love it because it's something different."
He said that he is mostly just having "a bit of fun" singing to his Hinge matches and posting the videos on TikTok.
"I'm just going about it, seeing what happens and if the girl for me comes along from it, then what more could you ask for?"