Diary of a Tube Girl

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Sabrina is pleased the movement has caught on, telling the BBC'When I see people imitating it I'm like "Finally like people are getting it!" They're enjoying their their commute a little bit better. And I love to see people having fun so it's honestly such a heart-warming thing for me.' What is Tube Girl doing now? They say you should dance like nobody’s watching, and one girl is inspiring us to do exactly that. Last month, law graduate Sabrina Bahsoon became a viral sensation known as ‘Tube Girl’, after filming herself dancing on the London Underground. I wasn’t always this way,” she admits. "You have to have self-love and appreciate yourself and what you can do. I am smart and analytical and beautiful. I have a good personality. Admitting that to yourself is really hard because people will tell you otherwise when you say it out loud.

Bahsoon's original post may not have been built to spark a self-love movement but it has certainly blossomed into one. Many TikTokkers engaging with the trend write about using it to beat social anxiety, increase confidence in public, and how filming the video is changing their view of an otherwise dire morning commute. Her idea for the first Tube Girl video came about when she asked another passenger to film her dancing, during one of her commutes home from a night out. When the passenger said no, Sabrina took matters into her own hands. ‘I went on the bus and I tried it there, but it didn’t really hit. Then I got on a tube and felt the wind and my hair was really big that day so I just went for it,’ she told The Evening Standard. For a while now, TikTok has plunged into the discourse of being "cringe". Some practice cringe comedy, while others propose TikTok as a way to embrace the cringe within us all. The Tube Girl effect seems to be a byproduct of this, essentially being proposed by followers as a way to embrace confidence and subvert social perceptions. It's also in line with a Very Online concept often purported by those of TikTok: the idea to not take anything, really, too seriously. London’s Tube Girl has inspired others to recreate her viral dance and lip-sync combo. “This wasn’t as embarrassing to film as I thought it would be,” digital creator @graciepacaptioned her recreation upload. Her post has 2.2 million views. No one knows how to start a craze quite like a creator on TikTok. There are whole trend cycles — cottagecore and coastal cowgirl, for example — that wouldn’t exist if not for the platform. The latest trend taking over the FYP isn’t an aesthetic, though — it’s more of a movement. This month’s viral showstopper has come straight out of London, with TikToker Sabrina Bahsoon (aka “Tube Girl”) earning millions of views for hyping herself up on the British subway system. Her videos, which are self-taped while taking advantage of the train’s inadvertent wind machine, are inspiring people to push themselves to be more comfortable in public spaces. Here’s how to do it. Who Is “Tube Girl” Sabrina Bahsoon?Tube Girl has a few songs that she tends to dance to. Some of the most popular songs are "Where Them Girls At," the unreleased Tate Mcrae song "Greedy" and "Water" by Tyla. One song, however, where she sings that she's the "first lady of Juicy Couture," has stood out to viewers, who are curious what the song is. One of the most popular series of videos inspired by Tube Girl is by TikToker @jiayuejenny, who has been posting videos where she tries to dance on the subway to the "Yummy" remix to build her confidence. One TikToker and musician, kkbutterfly27xxlives, even managed to record Tube Girl filming one of her videos, offering an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the making of her content. @kkbutterfly27xxlives i wanna see the result icl 😭 #tubegirl ♬ obsessed with the boy – kkbutterfly27xx

However, according to Know Your Meme, Bahsoon didn’t begin referring to herself as Tube Girl until Aug. 26 when she recorded another video in — you guessed it — the tube. By the end of September, videos tagged #TubeGirl had been viewed over 750 million times. How To Do The “Tube Girl” Trend

Who Is “Tube Girl” Sabrina Bahsoon?

I’ll be straight up when I say that I envy people who can confidently take photos and film themselves in public. While I have 23 years of humanhood under my belt, I still shudder at the thought of vlogging in public or taking a fire IG photo in a crowded place. However, a new creator is inspiring me, and many others, to walk the planet with confidence — and she’s known as the “Tube Girl” on TikTok.

Judging by her attitude in the video, it seems as though Bahsoon did a solid job hyping herself up on her own, but nothing compares to the compliments she received in the comments. “I need a confidence like you,” replied @subash4562. “How does one look THAT fabulous on a subway,” commented @milanicosmetics. “Social anxiety is afraid of you girl,” said @flowerg1rl7, to which Bahsoon responded, “As it should be I’m vibingg” along with an emoji of a smiley face wearing glasses. Cool girl energy at its finest. The Trend Goes Viral Describing the experience as a ‘whirlwind’, she told The Daily Mail'I get recognised the most while I'm on the tube, which is funny. I love it. The last few days have been a little crazy and I wouldn't say that it's my normal yet.' How can I do the Tube Girl TikTok trend? Sabrina Bahsoon has gained TikTok popularity almost overnight for her brazen shows of confidence on the Tube. The 22-year-old from Malaysia, now living and working in London, posted her first viral Tube video in August. Now, her feed is littered with similar posts, with almost all garnering upwards of a million views. Comments call out her confidence ("How do u do this in a populated car ???? 😭"), windswept hair ("Where does the wind come from and where is this ? 😍😍😍"), and praise her style of filming ("the camerawork is so satisfying it’s scrumptiously made i rate 10/10"). I had to work on that the whole time in university and after that, I was like, I want to get into fashion and music. I want to have confidence. I didn’t come from anything close to these industries. I was doing a law degree. Rihanna says fake it till you make it, so I was like, I have to act.”

In a video answering a question if she is ever embarrassed, the caption reads: “Personally i think I’m slaying and trusssttt nobody cares.” @sabrinabahsoon Karma is real and I am her 🤪 @tate mcrae said rent was due and she pulled through!! #greedy #londontiktok ♬ greedy tate mcrae unreleased – babytatie1