What’s Hot This Week: 5 Trending TikTok Sounds to Inspire a Creative (Heat)Wave

This week's trending sounds are the perfect backdrop for engaging and downright fun TikTok videos, from catchy chants to fresh spins on pop diva classics. Give any or all of these ideas a try and watch views and likes pour in.

🎶 “Boots and a slick back bun” Trend

A trend that is still pretty small with just 123 clips, but it has huge viral potential if you ask us. And then, it’s way too fun to ignore! In the original video, three friends are on their way to a night out, doing a quick fit check by chanting their fashion choices to a count of three beats. You can totally make this a solo video, showing off your outfit or maybe outfits for the week. But honestly, the most fun way to film it—and for your followers to watch—is with your friend group. And this trend works nicely for businesses! Just instead of outfits, you’ll be chanting something related to your work. For instance, for a plant shop, it could be a plant choice and some planting supplies. And for a cafe, you'd obviously go for a dish and drink combo.

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How to use the sound. Let's start with the easiest way for you to quickly piggyback on the trend. Just film yourself in one of the styles from the original audio, clipped to that specific part of the chant, and you're all set to hit the FYP page. The styles you can choose from are: boots and a slick back bun, cowboy boots and a blowy, sambas and a little red bag. To make things a tad more exciting, team up with at least two other people—but the more, the merrier—each in a different style. And then come up with your own chants, just like Amy Poehler. It might take a few tries to get the lines to work well with the beat and to chant them in sync, but you'll definitely have tons of giggles in the process.

🎶 Dr. Beat – Gloria Estefan (remix by DJ Johnrey)

Emergency! Dr. Trend, report to the FYP ward immediately. And don’t forget to grab the outfits that scream your style from the wardrobe to film this video. This fashion transition trend has been growing popular on TikTok, with over two thousand clips in the last 24 hours. The song is a remix of an '80s dance floor banger by Gloria Estefan that's also been popping up in Roblox edits. If you’re not sure what to do with your arms, legs, or whole body while filming your outfits, just repeat after the emotes—the dance moves are super basic and easy for anyone to copy.

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How to use the sound. For a 13-second video, prepare four different outfits and fix your camera in place to make sure you stay in the same spot after changing clothes to make the transition look smoother. During the short intro, do whatever you want, like turning around or pointing to where you'll add overlay text. Stitch together clips of you doing little dance moves in each outfit when the beat kicks in. For the text overlay, go for something like: “this trend but [describe your style in a few words, like 'my style is basic' or 'with my Disney princess dresses']." If you love the sound but fashion isn't really your jam, you can showcase something else—flip through your vinyl records, your collection of quirky coffee mugs, or recent DIY projects.

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⚡Pro Tip: Try adding these trending hashtags to boost your visibility even more: #PagingDrBeat, #EmergencyPagingDrBeat. And download Hashtag Expert to elevate your social media game with hashtag suggestions, AI-generated captions, and time-to-post recommendations, all in one app.

🎶 Shake It Off – Taylor Swift Remix

It's been too long without a trending Taylor Swift song, so we're pumped to see this oldie-goldie getting some TikTok love in a fresh rendition. The audio is a solid 53 seconds, making it a perfect choice for longer-format TikToks with a great beat drop for transitions. Honestly, there's not much to add—Taylor doesn't need any help from us to secure her spot on your feed. It's already a fave!

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How to use the sound. Pair it up with any kind of transition video. Whether it's a fitness transformation, going from no makeup to full glam, a renovation before and after, or food prep from ingredients to ready dishes (who says cooking can’t have a badass vibe?). Switch to your "after" when the line “My ex-man brought his new girlfriend” starts. If your transformation includes your sweet face in the shot, don’t forget to lip-sync—you know the lyrics by heart, right?

🎶 Apple – Charlie XCX

Okay, this song lives rent-free in our heads, so tap to listen at your own risk. It’s been really blowing through the roof lately, currently sitting at #2 among trending songs in TikTok’s Creative Center. And get this—30 thousand, yes, 30 thousand creators have used it in the last 24 hours! There's an Apple dance routine that goes with the track. It's not like crazy crazy difficult, but you'll need to memorize a few moves. Here’s a great tutorial for those brave enough to tackle the dance. But you already know the drill: use it as a background song for any of your usual content.

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How to use the sound. If you go for the dance, make it more interesting by adding a joke as overlay text. It can be about how addictive the song is or something totally unrelated—your call since you know what resonates with your followers best. For a choppy effect like many creators do, try setting the speed to 2x. And if you decide to use it as background music, check if you might want to speed up your video a bit as well to match the song's beat.

🎶 Vibey Birds of a Feather – Jordan Greenwald

A fave song from another pop queen, Billie Eilish—because we love our queens plentiful—has made its way back into the trending TikTok sounds territory. The original was already pretty atmospheric and paired beautifully with sweet summer moments. This version takes the vibey summer mood even further. A great instrumental track that you can use for soooo many—choose your adjectives—cheerful, carefree, serene, idyllic videos.

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How to use the sound. You can’t go wrong with an edit of aesthetic clips set to this music. Keep it simple with overlay texts be like "weekend bits" or "life lately." Or give random videos from your gallery a more interesting twist—how about "the only type of dates I'd like to go on"? A single video with a cute message, like the example from @thenitrobar below, would also work perfectly.