Mandem Style — Edited anime screenshot of Sasuke Uchiha in a hoodie with a smug half-lidded expression

Mandem Style

2024viral videotrending

Published October 7, 2026

Mandem Style is a 2024 drill parody of Psy's "Gangnam Style" by musician Luke Day that swaps the hook for "ching dat mandem style." The track sat quietly on YouTube for over a year before a September 2026 TikTok edit of Sasuke Uchiha shrugging to the beat sent it viral, spawning a wave of anime edits, dance clips and accuracy reenactments.

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Overview

Mandem Style is a drill-style flip of Psy's 2012 K-pop hit "Gangnam Style" that trades the original hook for the chant "ching dat mandem style," borrowing the Caribbean Patois word "mandem" (slang for a group of guys)1. Luke Day's track leans into UK drill production, keeping the shape of the original melody intact so the swap lands as a punchline every time the chorus hits3.

The meme itself is less about the song as a standalone track and more about how editors sync its stuttering hook to short, loopable character animations2. The dominant format pairs the beat drop with Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto shrugging his shoulders, timed so each shoulder bounce lines up with a syllable of "ching dat mandem style"2. Spinoff formats include dance clips, cooking-video gags and accuracy reenactments where creators try to mimic a Sasuke edit frame-for-frame4.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube (song) / TikTok (viral spread)
Creator
Luke Day
Date
2024

On May 21st, 2024, YouTuber and musician Luke Day uploaded "Mandem Style" to his channel, a drill remix that rewrites the lyrics of Psy's "Gangnam Style" around the phrase "ching dat mandem style"3. The video sat without major traction for more than a year, pulling roughly 112,000 views over two years before the audio caught on elsewhere1.

The meme breakout came on September 26th, 2026, when TikToker @youthflaw cut Naruto footage of Sasuke Uchiha shrugging his shoulders to the beat2. That edit pulled over 2.3 million views in its first week and became the template everyone else riffed on1.

How It Spread

After @youthflaw's Sasuke edit took off, the audio moved fast on TikTok through late September and into October 20261. On September 29th, 2026, @ackerknowledge posted a second Sasuke edit set to the song that pulled over 650,000 views in six days, cementing Sasuke as the meme's default character5.

The trend then branched into derivative formats. On October 1st, 2026, @ilikeuncrider dropped an accuracy reenactment of the original Sasuke video, matching the shrug timing shot for shot and clearing 230,000 views in four days6. A day later, on October 2nd, 2026, @moteaeats filmed a bit where she pretends to order a "ching dat mandem style" meal, a fake dish named after the hook, racking up more than 800,000 views in three days7.

Other creators ran the audio against unrelated clips, including bits from @vsp.vad8 and @cerulix9, keeping the sound in rotation on the For You page through early October 20261.

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