FRIENDS

What this is

FRIENDS by KAIRO.

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 3 September 2026, we counted 89 different accounts and 1,309,368 combined views at the time we looked.

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

89

Views in sample

1.3M

Avg per video

4.4K

Sampled

2026-09-03

Creative direction

Focus on high-velocity cuts and beat-matching. Use text overlays to deliver a 'hot take' or 'stat' that keeps people watching.

Looks like a fit for: Football and anime editors

• Do: Sync your primary visual transition to the 0:05 mark
• Do: Use bold text overlays for the hook
• Do: Include a call-to-action in the caption
• Do: Keep the edit under 20 seconds for maximum loopability
• Avoid: Don't use slow, static images without movement
• Avoid: Don't bury the hook in the caption (put it on screen)
• Avoid: Don't use the sound at low volume — keep it at 100%

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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