TikTok users are pretending to accidentally brush their teeth with razors in a bloody meme trend

• A TikTok trend shows users pretending to brush their teeth with razors instead of toothbrushes.
• It's drawn from the Webtoon "Horang's Nightmare" and set to the song "Suki Suki Daisuki."

A gory trend has been circulating on TikTok over the past month, as creators use fake blood to show what would happen if they accidentally brushed their teeth, applied eyeliner, or combed their hair with a razor.

The trend is set to a pitched- and slowed-down version of the song "Suki Suki Daisuki," a Japanese-language track by the artist Jun Togawa that was released in 1985, according to Genius. The Genius English translation of the track is about a love that at times turns violent, with translated lyrics like, "say you love me or I'll kill you." The sound, which was uploaded to TikTok in July by the user @liqterary, has been used in over 198,000 videos.

Many of the videos show a creator reaching for an object like a tooth or eyeliner pen, only to look down and realize that they've accidentally brushed their teeth or attempted to apply makeup with a shaving razor. At least 50 videos associated with the trend have over 1 million likes and many have view counts in the millions as well.

The below videos include dramatizations of injuries.

@caleb.finn

horangs nightmare ⚠️fake blood⚠️

♬ sestekiler... niye böylesiniz.. - ꪔ̤̥

The format appears to draw directly from the Webtoon series "Horang's Nightmare," penned by the Korean horror author Horang, who is known for other webcomics like "Bongcheon-dong Ghost." In the series' third chapter, a character who seems to be living in a haunted apartment picks up his razor instead of a toothbrush, cutting his mouth in the process.

It's unclear exactly how the format morphed into a trend on TikTok, but videos of the chapter seem to have circulated on TikTok in mid-September, eventually morphing into a full-fledged trend and continuing to evolve over the course of October. In that time, it's expanded past the specific toothbrush and razor combo to include other items like combs and eyeliner pencils.

@makeup.byva

Jeu d’acteur en français (fake blood) @themarioncameleon #fypシ #makeup #halloweenlook #halloweenmakeup

♬ sestekiler... niye böylesiniz.. - ꪔ̤̥

@dominiqueallison

that really is a cut crease

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Other users also began to parody the trend, showing themselves trying to shave with their toothbrushes instead of razors and using the wrong objects for other tasks.

@daniil_blade

опять... инст daniil_blade

♬ sestekiler... niye böylesiniz.. - ꪔ̤̥

In one video, TikTok user @yeedasu put a mesh cover (like those used to package Asian pears) over a dog's snout instead of brushing the dog.

@yeedasu

It’s punisherlo

♬ sestekiler... niye böylesiniz.. - ꪔ̤̥

While the trend is pure fiction, users in the comment sections of popular videos are speaking about looking at everything a bit more carefully.

"This trend makes me double check everything I do," one comment with 16,000 likes on user @alicekingmakeup's take on the trend reads.

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