# French Midas French Midas, also known as Fortnite Midas at France Protests, is a viral character played by French content creator Bisou, who wore a full Fortnite Midas costume while performing in-game emotes during the October 2026 Paris protests. A clip of him hoisting a tricolor flag from atop an overturned glass recycling container turned him into an internet fixture, and by early November 2026 Bisou had passed 1.4 million TikTok followers while his dance set to Patrick Sebastien's 'Toc Toc' hit 8.9 million YouTube views. ## Origin Bisou's earliest Midas cosplay post appeared on September 20th, 2026, on his Instagram account @1bisouuuh, showing him in an empty room doing Fortnite emotes and the Floss dance[5]. He stepped out into public on October 5th in a follow-up Instagram video of himself walking around Paris in the costume, picking up around 443,800 likes within a month[2]. On October 17th, 2026, Bisou reposted a clip of himself dancing among demonstrators during the mass protests and strikes hitting France at the time, which collected more than 195,000 likes in three weeks[7]. Epic Games developed the Midas character for Fortnite; Bisou designed and performed the real-world cosplay himself, with the meme format emerging from his own posts rather than any official promotion[6]. - **Platform:** Instagram (origin) / TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Bisou (@1bisouuuh / @bisouisback) - **Date:** 2026 ## Overview Clips of French Midas typically show Bisou in a full Fortnite Midas suit, slicked-back hair with gold accents, performing in-game emotes like the Floss on Paris streets during the French demonstrations. The humor lands because Midas is a Fortnite crime boss with a mythological Golden Touch power, and watching him do cartoony video-game dances in front of burning e-bikes, overturned barricades and French flags recontextualizes gritty protest footage as live-action gaming content[1][2]. Dance trends set to 'Funk Do Bounce' by phonk artist Ariis and 'Toc Toc' by Patrick Sebastien became the backbone of the format on TikTok, with Bisou's own Toc Toc clip filmed in front of a burning e-bike reaching over 8.9 million YouTube views by early November 2026[3]. Fan edits and fancams compile his best emotes against ambient fire, smoke and tricolor flags, treating the protests less as news footage than as a Fortnite map[4]. ## How It Spread French Midas broke containment on October 17th, 2026, when the TikTok account Fortnite News (@fnbrnew) posted a clip of Bisou climbing an overturned glass recycling container and hoisting a tricolor flag, captioned 'wtf is Midas from Fortnite doing in Paris, France.' That single video hit over 564,900 likes and 2,800 comments in three weeks[1]. Instagram page @forrtnite ran a news-style graphic the same day noting that Midas had been spotted at the protests against the French government, reaching over 76,500 likes[8]. On October 18th, Redditor Laur_Reddit cross-posted the flag clip and other Bisou videos to r/unsound under the title 'What is Midas doing in France,' which collected around 460 upvotes and 200 comments[9]. Bisou followed up on October 19th with a YouTube short of himself dancing in front of a burning e-bike to 'Toc Toc' by Patrick Sebastien (translated from French), which passed 8.9 million views and 95,000 likes by early November[3]. A longer TikTok from October 24th showing him emoting in front of a protester blockade reached over 1.9 million likes[10]. Fan compilations followed quickly. TikToker @vyre_16 posted an edit of French Midas clips on October 29th that collected over 313,100 likes in two weeks[4]. On November 7th, 2026, TikToker @primeblurrzy posted a fancam celebrating Bisou passing one million TikTok followers, reaching over 81,800 likes in three days[11]. ## How to Use French Midas edits typically pair Bisou's in-game emotes with on-the-ground protest footage, often cutting to the beat of 'Toc Toc' or 'Funk Do Bounce.' A common convention is to set the dance against visible fires, barricades or riot police, with the straight-faced Midas costume carrying the joke. Fan edits often include a 'wtf is Midas doing in Paris' style caption lifted from the first viral TikTok[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is French Midas? French Midas is the nickname given to French TikToker Bisou, who went viral in October 2026 for cosplaying the Fortnite character Midas during the Paris protests and performing in-game emotes in front of fires and barricades[1]. ### Where did French Midas come from? Bisou first posted himself in the Midas costume on Instagram on September 20th, 2026, then took the cosplay onto Paris streets starting October 5th, 2026[5][2]. ### What does French Midas mean? The name refers to Bisou's Fortnite Midas cosplay being spotted during the French demonstrations, with fans joking that Fortnite's gold-touch crime boss had shown up in real-life Paris[1][8]. ### How do you use French Midas? Fans typically edit Bisou's dance clips over tracks like 'Toc Toc' or 'Funk Do Bounce,' often paired with protest footage of fires, flags or blockades[3][4]. ### Is French Midas still popular? As of early November 2026, the meme was still trending, with Bisou passing 1.4 million TikTok followers and fancams like @primeblurrzy's celebrating the milestone[11][6]. ## References 1. [https://www.tiktok.com/@fnbrnew/video/7697732115751800077]() 2. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHOiMHo8oU/]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ba4yFEHqFY]() 4. [https://www.tiktok.com/@vyre_16/video/7702057332145999137]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddgm2CNo8ki/]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/french-midas-midas-france-protests]() 7. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DemlJ9ctHGE/]() 8. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DenK-HkDPCt/?img_index=1]() 9. [https://www.reddit.com/r/unsound/comments/1x8z16d/what_is_midas_doing_in_france/]() 10. [https://www.tiktok.com/@bisouisback/video/7700227976142523680]() 11. 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