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Oh, Once Again I Am A Child

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Published October 30, 2026

Oh, Once Again I Am A Child is a line sung by 070 Shake on Kanye West's 2018 track "Ghost Town" that TikTokers started lipsyncing in October 2020 over captions about being infantilized or revisiting childhood trauma1. The audio was saved as "i feel kinda freeee" after a September 2020 lipsync post, then split into comedic and confessional directions. By October 19, 2020, over 29,700 videos used the sound on TikTok2.

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Overview

Typical posts place the clip of 070 Shake belting "Oh, once again I am a child" from the "Ghost Town" bridge over on-screen text describing a moment of being talked down to or looked after as if younger1. One strain of the format plays the setup for comedy, with captions about a sibling babying someone or a parent still handing out an allowance. A second strain uses the same audio under heavier captions about abuse, neglect, or childhood sexual assault, which some creators framed as venting and awareness-raising2.

Posters typically start the text at the vocal entry and let the line hit as a punchline or a gut-punch depending on register. Some creators warned against romanticizing the song's subject matter once the serious tone began spreading alongside the comedic one2.

Origin & Background

Platform
TikTok (viral spread), YouTube (source song)
Date
2020

On September 23, 2020, TikToker @thanksgivlng uploaded a lipsync video of 070 Shake's bridge from "Ghost Town," the Kanye West track released in 20181. The audio from that upload was saved to TikTok's sound library as "i feel kinda freeee" and became the backing track for the format2. KYM reports the original lipsync video reached around 149,000 views within a month2.

How It Spread

Through early October 2020, users began attaching the sound to clips with on-screen text about parents, grandparents, or partners making them feel younger than they were2. On October 10, 2020, TikToker @bc.gavi.said.so posted a version with a caption about only inviting poor friends over so as not to feel judged, which reached 918,000 views in nine days2. Six days later, @tommys.party uploaded another iteration that saw 843,000 views in three days2.

Tone split as creators adapted the sound to confessional posts about childhood trauma. On October 10, @izzysoncrack uploaded a video cautioning viewers against romanticizing the song's underlying subject matter, and on October 12, @bunnyk1llz posted a trauma-focused version that reached 410,000 views in a week2. By October 19, 2020, over 29,700 TikTok videos had used the "i feel kinda freeee" sound2.

Timeline

2018

Kanye West releases "Ghost Town" featuring 070 Shake, whose closing vocal supplies the later lipsync line[1].

2020-09-23

TikToker @thanksgivlng uploads a "Ghost Town" lipsync that becomes the source for the "i feel kinda freeee" sound[2].

2020-10-10

@bc.gavi.said.so posts a comedic caption version that reaches 918,000 views in nine days; @izzysoncrack posts a warning video the same day[2].

2020-10-12

@bunnyk1llz uploads a trauma-focused version that reaches 410,000 views in a week[2].

2020-10-16

@tommys.party posts a widely shared variation that reaches 843,000 views in three days[2].

2020-10-19

The "i feel kinda freeee" sound passes 29,700 TikTok videos[2].

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