Criminal

What this is

Criminal by neverkilltheape.

The title and artist above are the ones TikTok stored for this sound, and the link goes to that sound on TikTok. We have not matched them to a music catalogue, so we publish no release date and no catalogue identifier, and we do not claim this is the same recording as any particular release.

What we measured

In the 300 most recent public TikTok videos we reviewed on 23 August 2026, we counted 296 different accounts and 32,193,117 combined views at the time we looked.

One account, @tokamily, accounted for about 46.6% of the views in that sample, so the total is not spread evenly.

These figures describe that one dated sample, not the sound's total use. We do not know from a single sample whether use of this sound is rising or falling, and we do not say that it is.

Videos reviewed

300

Accounts

296

Views in sample

32.2M

Avg per video

107K

Sampled

2026-08-23

Creative direction

Use the beat to drive your cuts. Don't just lip-sync; make the visuals move with the track.

Looks like a fit for: Fashion creators and sports editors

• Do: Cut to the beat drop at the 0:05 mark
• Do: Use a POV text overlay to set the scene
• Do: Show a high-energy transition (e.g., outfit change or location jump)
• Do: Use the 'I drop my drink' lyric as a comedic transition point
• Avoid: Don't use the sound past the 30s mark; keep it punchy
• Avoid: Don't use static shots; the track needs movement
• Avoid: Don't ignore the beat; sync is everything for this sound

Suggestions our AI drew from the videos it reviewed. They are ideas, not rules, and we make no claim about which will perform better.

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