Gyptian’s 2010 Hit ‘Hold You’ Attracts Weird TikTok Challenge

Reggae singer Gyptian and his 2010 hit song Hold You are the subject of an incredibly weird TikTok challenge. There is no telling how the challenge came about but many are speculating that it was evidently triggered by misinformed Gen-Z’ers, who have no idea what the lyrics mean or represent.

This is especially apparent on one clip that’s been circulating on social media, which captures a young female crying and poorly lip-synching to Gyptian’s gold-selling record with the caption, “This song made me cry” written over the display.

The weird trend was brought to the more mature public on Instagram and Twitter by many, including record company, VP Records, who produced the song.  They asked, “Why are people crying to Gyptian “Hold Yuh”? 

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The comments that followed had a confused set of folks questioning the authenticity of the video, “a real this thing? Lol” and expressing how utterly silly the challenge was, “Dumbest shxt ever…,” “A pure foolishness!” and “Dumb stupid axx nxgga! Gyptian made him cry?”

While others expressed feeling that it was downright awkward, “This is making me very uncomfortable.”

“Thats TIkTOK 4 ya a whole nother world going on over there,” another added.

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The Roots Reggae crooner hasn’t responded to the strange association that Gen Z has made with his hit track.

Several of his fans have tried to explain that his song isn’t a sorrowing tune. However, without knowing what the lyrics say, the piano-supported riddim could have probably been mistaken for melancholic tones.

Twitter user Mel B wrote, “Hahahahhaa  Gyptian wanted us to have sex not cry. Don’t ruin a classic song PLEASE!”

Gyptian released Hold You in the summer of 2010 to much fanfare.  The song peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 69 on the Canadian Hot 100.  It was later remixed by American rap queen Nicki Minaj.

Hold You was certified Gold in the United States by the RIAA after achieving sales of 500,000 and certified Platinum in the United Kingdom by the BPI after achieving sales of 600,000.

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