“Just hangin around” to the tune of a 2008 banger that references a pressure synonymous with tropical paradise.

A brand new development options folks “just hangin around” to the tune of a 2008 banger that references a pressure synonymous with tropical paradise.

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The latest TikTok phenomenon options content material creators dangling from avenue indicators at intersections in US cities as they lip-sync together with an audio clip of “Maui Wowie” by Kid Cudi.

The music from the rapper’s 2008 mixtape, “A Kid Named Cudi,” shares its title with “Maui Wowie,” a pressure of hashish initially cultivated in Hawaii that’s identified for its tropical, fruit-forward aroma and taste.

TikTok customers taking part within the development sing, “Goin’ back to Honolulu just to get that, that Maui Wowie, that Maui Wowie,” together with Cudi’s refrain.

It begins with @aaronxbrownn’s “just hangin around” movies

The development is fashionable amongst longtime Kid Cudi followers in addition to youthful people who find themselves hearing the monitor for the primary time. The movies are additionally gaining traction as a result of TikTok customers acknowledge the intersections that creators are filming at and are guessing at places.

Know Your Meme attributed the earliest occasion of the development to a video shared by TikTok person Aaron Brown, @aaronxbrownn, on September 5, 2025. 

@aaronxbrownn omw to honolulu #fyp #mauiwowie ♬ authentic sound – PAPO

Brown sings together with the Cudi audio clip as he hangs from a signpost in a video that now has 3.3 million views on TikTok. Brown adopted up with a remake captioned, “where it all started,” on October 9, 2025.

People caught up within the straightforward melody of “Maui Wowie” replied to the put up in music.

Kid Cudi’s music surges in reputation

Meanwhile, streams are up for Kid Cudi’s “Maui Wowie” due to the TikTok development.

On October 10, 2025, “Maui Wowie” was ranked tenth on Spotify’s “Viral 50 – USA” playlist. Complex reported that “Maui Wowie” jumped 22 positions on Spotify’s each day songs chart to make it into the highest 100, No. 98 on October 7, 2025.

u/Chemical_Brother_6796 observed a bump in reputation for Cudi’s monitor on September 16, 2025. They requested, “Where did this gigantic surge of popularity for Maui Wowie come from??” on the r/KidCudi subreddit. Many Reddit customers replied that the music was making the rounds on TikTok.

Budtenders on the thread admitted they’re enjoying it over the audio system at their dispensaries. 

The development takes maintain

TikToker @margaret_kov wrote, “I had to do it 🤣,” within the caption of her “Maui Wowie” development video from October 9, 2025. The TikTok person rapidly gathered 82 thousand views with the video shot on a avenue nook in New York City.

@margaret_kov i needed to do it 🤣 #nyc #fyp #mauiwowie ♬ Maui Wowie – Kid Cudi

The bodily prowess crucial for performing the “Maui Wowie” development impressed commenters, who requested, “How tall are you, queen?”

Commenters additionally famous that the development presents an ideal alternative for decent folks to showcase their property.

A preferred copy-paste reply begins with concern for the type of the particular person dangling within the video and ends with a pick-up line: “It’s better not to sleep on your side; ideally, you should sleep next to me.”

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