You’ve Got To Put Some Swaz on It Gromit

About

You’ve Got To Put Some Swaz on It Gromit, continued Top Bins, refers to a viral audio used in Fail videos and football / soccer memes that references the British stop-motion animation cartoon Wallace and Gromit. The male voice impersonates Wallace telling Gromit that he's got to put some "swaz" on the ball. The original video was an Ending the Video When We Cringe video from TikToker @lewout posted in 2023. The predominant sound that surfaced later added a gunshot or headshot sound effect that coincided with the slang term "Top bins!" The meme trended on video platforms like TikTok and YouTube in late 2023.

Origin

On September 29th, 2023, TikToker^[1] @lewout posted an "Ending the Video When We Cringe" video in which the last guy, wearing a blue hoodie, said, "Oh, you've got to put some swaz on it Gromit! Top bins!" causing everyone to cringe, ultimately ending the video. The monologue referenced the British cartoon Wallace and Gromit, likely a direct reference to a scene where the duo are playing football.^[2] Over two months, the TikTok gained over 10.8 million plays and 1.2 million likes (shown below).

On September 30th, 2023, TikToker^[3] @murillocutiepie posted a video related to Nottingham Forest F.C. that used @lewout's audio and added a gunshot sound effect. Over two months, the video received roughly 16,100 plays and 1,100 likes (shown below, left).

Also on September 30th, TikToker^[4] @priceycfc posted a video with the same audio that added a gunshot sound, gaining over 859,200 plays and 25,700 likes in two months (shown below, right). It is ultimately unclear which TikToker posted their video first on the day. However, TikToker @murillocutiepie has alleged in their bio and in other TikToks^[5] that they created the sound first.

Spread

The sound^[6] of @priceycfc's TikTok^[5] became the predominant sound used by other video creators going into late 2023. For instance, on October 6th, 2023, TikToker^[7] @joshose_pne posted a video with the sound that gained over 2.6 million plays and 335,300 likes in one month (shown below, left).

On October 11th, 2023, TikToker^[8] @ezmolin10 used the sound, adding it to a video of a girl sitting on a hoverboard and falling, gaining over 12.2 million plays and 2.6 million likes in one month (shown below, right).

By November 2023, the official accounts of professional football clubs started using the sound for their TikTok videos. For instance, on November 6th, 2023, the TikTok^[9] account of Brentford F.C. used the audio, gaining over 33,100 plays and 3,400 likes in four days.

During the same timeframe, memes using the sound surfaced on YouTube. For instance, on October 11th, 2023, YouTuber^[10] DubBomb posted a video that added the audio to the original football scene from Wallace and Gromit,^[2] gaining over 906,000 views and 17,000 likes in one month (shown below).

By November 10th, 2023, the trend's primary sound on TikTok^[2] had amassed over 15,900 posts.

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