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trending sounds on tiktok and instagram to try
trending audios and songs curated just for you
Mackenzie Taylor
August 29, 2025
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For Creators on Instagram
These are the current sounds and songs making the rounds on Instagram this week. If you’re a content creator or a normie (hi, it me!) and want to make a cute Reel with a trending sound, these are the ones to use.
Brands + Businesses Beware: These songs could get you in trouble if you use them. Depending on how your account is set up on Instagram, you might not even have the option to use these sounds.
Description of the overall trend:
This choir version of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” is trending, and, to me, it’s hilarious. Creators are using it to dramatize that moment when someone finally asks them a question they’ve been waiting their entire life to answer. Think: deeply niche and INCREDIBLY specific.
How to recreate the trend:
Start by showing yourself casually hanging out or doing something mundane. Then cut to the dramatic moment when someone asks you THE question you’ve been waiting all of your life for. Add on-screen text with the prompt (e.g. “When my boyfriend finally asks what happened on Selling Sunset season 5”) and cue the music.
Who the trend is best for:
Pop culture and TV creators
Educators and experts
Lifestyle and comedy creators
Anyone with a niche interest they’re dying to rant about
Description of the overall trend:
This one’s pure joy. It’s bright, it’s bubbly, and creators are using it to stitch together their happy places, like their favorite local spots, outfits, or random aesthetic shots from a day in your life.
How to recreate the trend:
Gather clips of your favorite moments, places, or people (walking into your go-to coffee shop, hanging with friends, sipping cocktails, etc). Cut quickly between scenes to match the quick beats of the song.
Who the trend is best for:
Lifestyle bloggers and vloggers
Food, drink, and fashion creators
Anyone who’s showing off their day-to-day aesthetic
Description of the overall trend:
Fleetwood Mac is always a good idea! And this one hits hard as we roll into late summer (RIP). This audio is being used for soft, nostalgic content. Vlog-style Reels, aesthetic B-roll, OOTDs, you name it.
How to recreate the trend:
Pick one theme: a day in your life, a lookbook, your travel recap. Layer the footage with soft natural light and subtle movement. Let the lyrics and pacing guide your clips.
Who the trend is best for:
Creators with a dreamy or aesthetic vibe
Fashion and travel influencers
Wellness, slow-living, and cottagecore folks
Description of the overall trend:
This sound is going viral as a fun way to highlight those moments where someone wants to share the love, and your answer is “absolutely, tell everyone.”
How to recreate the trend:
Film yourself being “asked” a question via text on screen (e.g. “Can I tell my friends about your biz?”). Then cut to yourself looking smug/proud/excited and lip sync the sound from the song: “You can tell everybody.”
Who the trend is best for:
Small business owners
Service providers
Podcasters, creators, or anyone with a product or project worth shouting about
For Brands + Businesses on Instagram
The current trending audio and sounds that anyone on Instagram can use. Yes, all songs and sounds below are safe for brands and businesses. I’m not here to put anyone into Instagram jail.
Description of the overall trend:
This trend is such a fun way to show off your brand personality. The idea? Someone tells you to “control” something (like your spending, your drinking, your obsession with iced coffee…), and you LITERALLY control it with your mind.
How to recreate the trend:
On screen, write the phrase “You need to control [insert thing here].” Then film yourself doing a fake telekinesis motion (pulling something into the frame like you're using the force). Bonus points if it's dramatic. Even better if it's ridiculous.
Who the trend is best for:
Bars and restaurants (drinks, obviously)
Fashion brands (cue: bags flying in)
Creators who want to show off obsessions in a funny way
Anyone with a sense of humor and an on-brand “thing”
Description of the overall trend:
A super fun transition that is trending right now. This is fun to talk about your “glow up,” “building something from scratch,” “I proved you wrong, but in a super visual, stylish way. You start slow with some B-roll or old footage, then the beat hits and you show off.
How to recreate the trend:
Start with a short clip of yourself thinking, planning, dreaming, struggling. Whatever that “before” moment was. Then, on the beat drop, cut to rapid clips of what you’ve created: finished products, success moments, milestones. Make it feel like a transformation.
Who the trend is best for:
Creators building something from the ground up
Entrepreneurs and small biz owners
Anyone with a rebrand, relaunch, or milestone moment
Personal growth stories
Description of the overall trend:
Okay, I love this one. It's emotional, it's dramatic, and it’s all about … food (well, kinda). Or drinks. Or anything you consume slowly and with love. The lyrics take you through a journey from “all of you” to “none of you,” and you use it to document something slowly disappearing (like that beautiful cocktail you swore you'd sip slowly).
How to recreate the trend:
Start with a full plate or drink. Then, every time the lyric changes (“all of you, some of you, most of you, now none of you”), cut to a new clip showing less and less left. Finish with an empty glass/plate, maybe a guilty look if you’re feeling spicy.
Who the trend is best for:
Restaurants and cafes
Foodie creators
Cocktail bars
Anyone with an aesthetic snack game
Description of the overall trend:
Someone asks what kind of work you do—and bam, you show them exactly what you’ve built. This trend is giving “humble brag with visuals,” and I’m 100% here for it. People are showing off clothing brands, car builds, full studios, and their actual biz in action.
How to recreate the trend:
Start the video with the “What kind of work do you do?” line. Then cut to visual proof: you in action, behind-the-scenes, end results, glowing testimonials, etc. You’re not explaining your job, you’re showing it off!
Who the trend is best for:
Founders, freelancers, and creators
Clothing brands and product businesses
Service-based businesses
Literally anyone proud of what they do
For Creators on TikTok
@talksocialtome_ Sure, Jan!!!!!! #socialmediameme #socialmediatrends #trendingaudio #trendingsound
Description of the overall trend:
This one is all sass, side-eye, and the universal experience of people saying the worst takes ever. The line “Oh boy…” from Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” is having a viral moment, and creators are using it as the perfect lip sync reaction to the kind of comments that make you want to physically cringe.
How to recreate the trend:
Film yourself lip syncing just the “oh boy” line. On-screen, add text that calls out the thing you’re reacting to. It’s best when it’s something you hear all the time that still drives you up the wall (like someone questioning your job, your prices, your entire existence…). Dramatic pause or eye roll encouraged. Obvi.
Who the trend is best for:
Social media managers
Creators & influencers
Service providers who get a lot of weird client questions
@abbsbuchanan Rich in life because… 🫶🏻 #manineed #oliviadean #fyp #highschoolsweethearts #richinlife @John Piatelli
Description of the overall trend:
This audio is a full vibe. People are using it as the dreamy background to practically everything — falling in love, trying on outfits, showing off their best days. It’s versatile, it’s romantic, and it’s making people go viral. That’s your sign to jump on it before it’s everywhere.
How to recreate the trend:
This one is flexible. Use it as background music while you show off a day in your life, your favorite looks, your workspace, or someone/something you love. Quick, aesthetic cuts work great here. Travel, slow motion coffee pours, outfit transitions, romantic glances. Whatever fits your vibe!
Who the trend is best for:
Lifestyle creators
Fashion and beauty brands
Couples or wedding creators
Restaurants or cafés with ✨aesthetic✨ content
For Brands + Businesses on TikTok
@laneye_501 yea. at least there’s the beach right? #florida #fyp #postgrad
Description of the overall trend:
This iconic audio is peak Meg Stalter. Chaotic, hilarious, and painfully relatable. She’s talking about that feeling when you move somewhere and instantly regret it, and creators are using it to highlight life situations that make them scream, “GET ME OUT OF HERE!”
Details on how to recreate the trend:
Grab a single clip of yourself looking absolutely over it. Add text on screen calling out the thing you’re desperate to escape (grad school, retail, suburbia, you name it), and lip sync Meg’s line for full effect.
Who the trend is best for:
Creators with a funny, unfiltered tone
Anyone in a transitional phase (aka: most of us)
Businesses with a little sass who want to poke fun at industry pain points
@carley.jo.smith BEST NEWS EVER!!! #fyp #college
Description of the overall trend:
This sound is for the not-so-sad sad moments. You’re supposed to be devastated, but the second that click in the audio hits? You’re smirking because honestly … it’s a win. People are using this to call out moments they should be upset about (like losing a client, getting ghosted, quitting a job) but are secretly relieved.
Details on how to recreate the trend:
Start by “crying” (big, fat fake tears). Write the “sad” scenario on the screen. When the clicking starts in the song, drop the act: smirk, wink, laugh to the camera, then go right back to pretend-crying like nothing happened.
Who the trend is best for:
Freelancers and service providers
Burnt-out professionals who are reclaiming their peace
Creators who thrive in dry, deadpan humor