Trending Mexican TikTok inspires creative spinoffs

If you haven’t seen Doris Jocelyn’s #TrendMexa TikTok by now, be sure to head over the platform to be mesmerized by the flawless transitions that she and her team filmed over four days, as she describes on her follow up behind the scenes TikTok. 

Not only did she go viral, it currently has 26.9 million views. The transitions video was created after she was inspired by the Asoka trend, creating her own version that in the end resulted in her being in full makeup and attire from India, which is in itself inspired by a Bollywood movie. 

Are you still with me? It’s an entangled web of inspiration and spinoffs that has now created other videos on TikTok, like a male version of the Mexican transition and now another TikToker has created a Colombian version of Jocelyn’s video. 

Lucio Arroyo used the many of the same songs as Jocelyn but added different Mexican icons like Cantinflas, Tin Tan, Cepillin, El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulin Colorado, Luis Miguel (who was born in Puerto Rico but has long been considered “El Sol de México”) and added Coco’s song and his makeup. It currently has 15.9 million views. 

Stephanie Moreno used songs from Shakira and Carlos Vives to feature Colombian culture in her video, including cycling and soccer as Colombia’s contribution to sports and literature with “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez. 

I’m sure more videos will be created, inspired by these videos and that is truly the biggest positive aspect from having these social media platforms that can provide hours and hours of entertainment that also inspires other people to innovate and create.