Okay so where is the ‘perfect, perfect, perfect’ TikTok audio from originally?

If your TikTok For You Page isn’t full of “This is perfect – perfect, perfect, perfect” then I don’t know what to tell you. Because that sound his TikTok in a chokehold, and my thumb has repetitive strain injury from scrolling through the onslaught of perfection. It’s absolutely inescapable right now – but the real question is where the hell the “this is perfect – perfect, perfect, perfect” TikTok sound comes from originally, before it went viral.

The sound creator’s account has been removed

Bad news, guys – the originator of the “This is perfect – perfect, perfect, perfect” sound on TikTok has had their account removed, unfortunately. The original video is lost to the internet ether – but the sound got reuploaded and now thrives thanks to creators like Hope Schwing, who has 9.3 million followers and has helped to popularise the sound. The original came from @gxcha_w3ird – and thanks to a TikTok that helps to seek the origins of the sound we have some drips and drabs of info on what the original actually was.

@hope_schwing #duet with @hope_schwing ♬ original sound – Hope Schwing

According to the comment section, the original sound was a video of a young girl talking to herself in her room and the person who uploaded was filming them from outside. Someone else in the comment section says apparently it’s from Inventing Anna – so you can live whichever truth you want on that front.

What are people using the sound for?

To say things are perfect, duh! Or, to sarcastically use it mid meltdown. A particular favourite was one that said when you go home and stay at your parents and they constantly make you brews and ask you what you want from the Chinese. Here are some of the funniest “This is perfect – perfect, perfect, perfect” TikTok trend sound examples below:

@lilyewenfitness The best feeling 😂 #fyp #foryou ♬ original sound – Hope Schwing

@gigiandgiuseppePerfect♬ original sound – Hope Schwing

@robynpridmore It’s the thought that counts 🥲🥲🥲 @EGO #girlpovs #thisisperfect #egohaul #egoofficial ♬ original sound – Hope Schwing

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