“Tube Girl”, this new TikTok trend which is arriving in the Paris metro

2023-09-26 14:14:49

For several weeks, a British TikToker has been causing a sensation on the social network. Sabrina Bahsoon, better known as “Tube Girl”, is a hit on the social network thanks to her videos on the London Underground.

The 22-year-old girl made herself known by dancing in the subway trains of the English capital in a daring and uninhibited manner, swaying her hips in a very energetic way, all while exposing herself to the wind penetrating the carriage to give a “hair in the wind” style. Videos filmed in ultra wide-angle selfie mode (0.5x) which are a hit on TikTok and do not leave the users of the train car indifferent, who sometimes seem overwhelmed and stare at the young woman.

But it takes a lot more to destabilize the Tube Girl who doesn’t seem to feel the slightest discomfort, whether the subway train is crowded or not. “How can she do that in front of other people”, “my phobia”, “My social anxiety could never”… if some people seem outraged by so little inconvenience, the vast majority congratulate her in the comments with messages such as “I admire it”, “I love it” or even “Tube Girl president”.

A trend present all over the world

So successful that this trend, which has several hundred million views on TikTok, is starting to spread to other metros around the world and obviously the Paris metro couldn’t escape it. In recent days, new videos of this trend in the Paris metro have emerged on TikTok, to the stunned gaze of Ile-de-France users. According to the videos and comments on the social network, there is now a “Tube Girl community” (Editor’s note, community of metro girls).

Several users of the Ile-de-France metro wanting to be the new French “Tube Girls” do not fail to point out that the crowds on the trains often make the challenge impossible to achieve.

Contacted by the Daily Mail to whom she tells how she became “an overnight sensation”, the young British TikToker is happy to see this trend emerging in the four corners of the planet and is pleased to have made a breakthrough. “This is the craziest thing that could have happened to me. I didn’t think it would get this big, the global reach is insane, I didn’t expect it. » Originally from Malaysia, Sabrina Bahsoon says she is very “proud to have succeeded in the United Kingdom”.

Since appearing before the whole world on TikTok, the Tube Girl’s career has taken on another dimension. After promoting Bella Poarch’s new single with the singer herself on the subway, she walked the runway for MAC Cosmetics at London Fashion Week about ten days ago and is also due to take part in a digital campaign with Hugo Boss during Milan Fashion Week.