What is the meaning of Selener on TikTok?

With viral trends often seemingly coming out of nowhere and taking over social media, many users want to know the meaning behind the TikTok trend about “Selener”.

While TikTok is a relatively new platform, many of the songs that go viral on there are serious throwbacks to the past – just look at songs like Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) and Edison Lighthouse’s Love Grows.

The latest song to take over TikTok is one from 2012 and is Beauty And A Beat, thanks to the iconic lyric: “Gotta keep an eye out for Selener”.

What is the meaning of Selener?

“Selener” refers to Selena Gomez. The snippet from TikTok is taken from the song Beauty And A Beat by Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj.

The song was released in 2012 when Justin and Selena were a couple, and the lyrics about “Selener” come from Nicki’s rap.

Despite the fact Beauty And A Beat came out over 10 years ago, it has made a resurgence on social media as fans began to make TikTok videos to the lyric about “Selener”.

Although Selena’s name is spelt with an “A” at the end, Nicki pronounces it to sound like “Selener” which is where the meme has come from.

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‘Gotta keep an eye out for Selener’ on TikTok

The lyrics “Gotta keep an eye out for Selener” are used in TikTok videos of people using the Time Warp Filter. They use the filter to make their eyes appear as though they are looking in totally different directions, as if they really are “keeping an eye open”.

On TikTok, the sound has over 50 thousand posts, many of which have hundreds of thousands of likes.

The phrase “Gotta keep an eye out for Selener” is also used to caption or respond to pictures of people winking, or posts of celebrities who have one eye open.

Lyrics to Nicki Minaj’s rap

The Beauty And A Beat video, which has a billion views, stars both Justin and Nicki. It is set at a waterpark party filled with dancers and music.

The viral lyrics come from Nicki’s rap verse. The lyrics are:

In time, ink lines
B***hes couldn’t get on my incline
World tours, it’s mine
Ten little letters on a big sign
Justin Bieber
You know I’mma hit ’em with the ether
Buns out, weiner
But I gotta keep an eye out for Selener
Beauty, beauty and the beast
Beauty from the East
Beautiful confessions of the priest
Beast, beauty from the streets, beat will get deceased
Every time Beauty on the beat-eat
Body rock, oh (yeah, yeah)
I wanna feel your body rock (yea, let’s go, let’s go)

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