# But the Kid Is Not My Son "But the Kid Is Not My Son" is a viral TikTok sound made from a low-quality acapella clip of Michael Jackson singing a line from "Billie Jean," which took off in August 2022. By late August, animators were setting the audio to spider cartoons that hit tens of millions of views, starting with a @raredoodle piece showing a spider tossing away a baby spider. ## Origin On July 3, 2022, a YouTube channel named xscape uploaded a low-quality acapella recording of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," isolating the line "but the kid is not my son, woo, she says I am the one"[1]. The upload stayed obscure for weeks, logging only about a thousand views by September[4]. The audio moved to TikTok on July 28, when @kaylaloveskittys set it to a video of her cat, with the "but the kid is not my son, woo" portion playing over the footage[2]. That clip passed 5.3 million views within two months and became a usable track for other creators[2]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source audio) / TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2022 ## Overview The audio snippet lasts just a few seconds and centers on the lyric "but the kid is not my son, woo," with the final "woo" acting as the comedic beat creators sync their punchline to[1]. Early edits were loose, often just general TikToks that played the song underneath pet or household footage before a spider cartoon fixed it as an animation format. The format sharpened once animator @raredoodle's spider cartoon hit TikTok, where a dancing adult spider holds a tiny spider child, then flings it away at the final vocal hit[3]. The "But the Kid Is Not My Son" spider became a recurring character as fan animators reused it for new scenarios like spitting venom at a girl or dancing on a frightened kid's bed[5]. ## How to Use A typical "But the Kid Is Not My Son" edit syncs the "woo" vocal hit to a moment of abandonment or rejection in an animated scene. The common convention since August 2022 features a parent cartoon character, often a spider, holding a smaller version of itself, then flinging it away on the beat[3]. Live-action remixes often use the sound over footage of pets, kids, or awkward family moments[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is But the Kid Is Not My Son? A viral TikTok sound made from a low-quality acapella clip of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," specifically the lyric "but the kid is not my son, woo, she says I am the one"[1]. ### Where did But the Kid Is Not My Son come from? YouTube user xscape posted the low-quality acapella recording on July 3, 2022[1], and the audio took off on TikTok after @kaylaloveskittys used it over cat footage on July 28 that year[2]. ### What does But the Kid Is Not My Son mean? It's the lyric from "Billie Jean" treated as a comedic sync cue, usually paired with an animated parent character rejecting or throwing away a child figure, as in the @raredoodle spider cartoon[3]. ### How do you use But the Kid Is Not My Son? Creators typically time the "woo" vocal hit to a scene of a parent character tossing or dismissing a child character, following the template @raredoodle set with a dancing spider[3]. ### Is But the Kid Is Not My Son still popular? The sound peaked between August and September 2022, with over 20,000 TikToks using it by September 13 of that year[4]. It's a 2022-era TikTok sound rather than an active trend. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9se4x3iJk]() 2. [https://www.tiktok.com/@kaylaloveskittys/video/7125288292538535173]() 3. [https://www.tiktok.com/@raredoodle/video/7132960107104587013]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-the-kid-is-not-my-son]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@anima_lice/video/7137369416299236614]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@h1raru/video/7137706380668062981]() 7. [https://www.tiktok.com/@haru_rynozuke_/video/7142288828961754374]() 8. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ous_bdMKER8]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/but-the-kid-is-not-my-son Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library