She likes a boy (and I'm not a boy)
| TikTok Trend | |
|---|---|
| Synonym(s): | |
| Date(s): | December 2023 |
| Distinguishing element(s): | Chorus of She likes a boy by Nxdia; canonical or headcanoned sapphic characters pining after a love interest |
| Associated audio(s): | She likes a boy by Nxdia |
| Associated hashtag(s): | #shelikesaboy |
| Related: | TikTok |
| See also: | |
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In December 2023, Nxdia released a 28 second clip from an upcoming song and the clip quickly began to trend. Prior to the clip's release, many of Nxdia's other videos received between 10k and 50k views; the clip for the song has received over 1.7 million as of December 20th 2023.
The short clip included the (presumed) chorus for the song – which is the part that makes up the larger part of the trend – as well as part of a verse, with Nxdia singing in both English and Arabic as they often do in many of their songs[1].
The most commonly trending section of the clip were the lyrics:
"She likes a boy, she likes a boy, she likes a boy, and I'm not a boy, I'm not a boy, I'm not a...ccustomed to making a move"
The audio track became popular amongst both sapphic and non-binary viewers, and from there also began to be used for sapphic fanon pairings or fanon pairings with a non-binary character; with one part of the pair being the one who "likes a boy" and the other being the sapphic and/or non-binary character in love with her, despondent about how they're "not a boy".
Some fans have created videos of achillean fanon pairings and overlaid the text "He likes a girl" and "I'm not a girl", while the audio remains the original as posted by Nxdia.
The meme spread outside of TikTok in the form of screenshots and texts with the same fannish premise.
Examples of Fannish Use
- Alicent Hightower/Rhaenyra Targaryen [1]- Emily Carey, who played young Alicent in the show, reposted a screengrab of one video, to the delight of fans, Archived version.
- Margo Kess/Gwen Stacy [2]
- Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler [3]
- Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers [4]
- Multiple pairings in one clip [5] [6] [7] [8]