What is the ‘because tonight will be the night’ TikTok trend and where does it come from?

Once again, emo is the butt of the internet's joke. A 14-year-old song has sparked a viral TikTok meme and it's so emotional. People are lip-syncing to a cover of Secondhand Serenade's 2008 song "Fall For You" from the album A Twist In My Story. People are lip-syncing to a cover of Secondhand Serenade's 2008 song "Fall For You" from the album A Twist In My Story. In typical TikTok fashion, users have turned the track's earnest lyrics into a hilarious cringe anthem. In typical TikTok fashion, users have turned the track's earnest lyrics into a hilarious cringe anthem. Here's why everyone is passionately singing "because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you" . Here's why everyone is passionately singing "because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you" . Parody music producer @heyzmsc started the trend when he covered "Fall For You" in his bathroom. The influencer's cover has been featured in over 10,000 videos since. "When the emo kid starts a band," @cartelmarcel said, lip-syncing to the vocals in a wig. Other people just used the meme as an opportunity to roast their past emo phases and aesthetics

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