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‘Sometimes all you need is your father’: TikTok's latest trend celebrates or shades dads?

Social media users have been enjoying and having fun by sharing funny and sweet text messages they received from their fathers
PUBLISHED APR 5, 2023
From heartwarming texts to hilarious ones, TikTok users all across the world are sharing messages from their fathers (TikTok/@brynfoste/@mikaelafrost)
From heartwarming texts to hilarious ones, TikTok users all across the world are sharing messages from their fathers (TikTok/@brynfoste/@mikaelafrost)

The recent "sometimes all you need is your dad" is one of the many amusing trends that have emerged since TikTok made it possible to create photo slideshows. The trend makes use of the photo slideshow feature on TikTok and lets users put together screenshots and photos of some of the sweetest texts they've ever received from their fathers. The outcomes are absolutely heartwarming.

People have been enjoying and having fun by sharing the hilarious text messages they received from their fathers, family member, or best friend. 

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Who started this trend?

A Twitter user @lonnieshashanay signaled the beginning of the trend. 



 

These texts provide a glimpse into a father's personality as well as his relationship with his child. Utilization of the pattern to comedic impact, with short texts or not excessively tender, for example, 'alright' or the thumbs-up emoticon. Others sincerely use the trend, displaying some of the sentimental or loving texts their fathers have sent them.

What song is used for the trend?

The videos are all posted with the same audio with the lyrics, "I don’t care how long it takes, as long as I’m with you, I’ve got a smile on my face." The track in question is by d4vd and is titled 'Here With Me.' 

'Sometimes all you need is your dad'

A user on Twitter wrote, “Can that "sometimes all you need is your dad" trend leave my TikTok fyp im BEGGING." One more Twitter user hilariously posted, "I hate that “sometimes all you need is your dad” trend on tiktok. some of us have daddy issue." Another user wrote, "Current trend on tiktok is “sometimes all you need is your dad” I love seeing everyone’s texts with their dad… but god damn it sure makes me miss mine, more than normal."



 



 



 

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