--- title: 'Tokyo Drift' Sweeps Social Media With a Storm of Videos description: The new viral "Tokyo Drift" trend calls for participants to film themselves or others sliding across the floor or around a corner. canonical: https://time.com/5767436/tokyo-drift-videos/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-17T21:08:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:13.414Z og:title: 'Tokyo Drift' Slides and Sweeps Across TikTok With a Storm of Addictive Videos og:description: Get ready to slide og:url: https://time.com/5767436/tokyo-drift-videos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1f3f9fb8c921c20/698a090697cdff52e76ba330/Tokyo-Drift-Videos.jpg?branch=production&width=509&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 509 og:image:height: 286 og:image:alt: Tokyo-Drift-Videos og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Tokyo Drift' Slides and Sweeps Across TikTok With a Storm of Addictive Videos twitter:description: Get ready to slide twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1f3f9fb8c921c20/698a090697cdff52e76ba330/Tokyo-Drift-Videos.jpg?branch=production&width=509&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Tokyo Drift' Slides and Sweeps Across TikTok With a Storm of Oddly Addictive Videos > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 17, 2020 9:08 PM UTC  Hardwood floor Hardwood floor Westend61—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 17, 2020 9:08 PM UTC If you grew up in a house with [hardwood floors](https://money.com/refinish-wood-floors-need-to-know/), you probably spent some time trying to perfect a sock-footed slide across them. Now, it’s finally time to put that training to use. A new viral trend calls for participants to film themselves or others sliding across the floor or around a corner, set the video to the Teriyaki Boyz song “Tokyo Drift” and post it online. The fad was inspired by a video that was recently shared on [TikTok](https://time.com/5583700/china-tech-tiktok-app/) by user @samanthajohnson262 showing a van drifting sideways around other cars on a snow-covered Vancouver highway as “Tokyo Drift” bumps in the background. The term “Tokyo drift” was popularized by the third movie in the [_Fast & Furious_ franchise](https://time.com/4726355/fast-and-the-furious-movies-ranked/) and is a reference to the [Japanese car racing technique](https://drivetribe.com/p/it-started-in-japan-the-history-Z7UMkajoS-uajc3HNU-NyQ?iid=b7zcchivTxOkyaK8kWrD6w) of drifting. As the trend has progressed, people have even started using their dogs to get in on the fun. A submission shared by TikTok user @Kevrun5 that has been liked over 477,000 times shows a French bulldog rounding the corner of a kitchen island at such high speed that he slides into the opposite cabinets before continuing to chase after his owner. 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