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With TikTok's future in the US neatly placed in Trump's hands, the internet patiently awaits the verdict on its fate. But while the app remains in limbo, users have become fixated on something a heck of a lot wilder: a TikTok video with 3.6 billion views that's simply a black screen.
No dance, no scandal, no sound. Just sheer digital blackness somehow garnering more views than a Super Bowl halftime performance. Seriously, at this point, TikTok may be performance art. The app never fails to remind us that chaos reigns supreme, and TikTok user Lasi could be the new monarch of all things chaotic.
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Back in June 2023, TikToker Lasi posted what amounts to the Avengers: Endgame of minimalist uploads- a couple seconds of straight, unadorned black. No noise, no movement, no background, just nothingness in high-def.
It does not beg for your attention; it takes it silently. In an overly stimulated world, this video stated, "Let's just vibe… in the void." And for whatever reason, that void has been the most viewed content on the entire platform.
And yet, courtesy of TikTok's autoplay function and a distracted world of thumbs, the video has amassed a mind-boggling 3.6 billion views. That's right: billions, with a "B." And although it's not shattering any 'like' records (only 1.1M likes, to date), it continues to go viral like it's got plot twists in the pixels.
Most recently, in April 2025, the clip made another resurgence, once more demonstrating that on the app, nothing is something. As soon as the news came out, a user took to his X account and commented:
"This proofs we can watch anything"
Over on X (formerly Twitter), humans are having an existential crisis when they see that the video with 3.6 billion views is really a black screen, and still, we all keep watching. It's the kind of content that really gets you questioning everything, including your screen time.
As Donald Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for another 75 days, the app's top trending video is literally 'nothing,' and that might be the most TikTok-ish thing to ever happen. If this viral moment teaches us anything, it's that we will watch absolutely anything, as long as it loops smoothly and the algorithm approves.
Before we plunge into the beautiful mess that is the internet's response, let's pause to celebrate the moment when a black screen brought the app's users together in wonder, bewilderment, and unwitting binge-viewing. It's no longer just a video; now it's a cultural phenomenon.
The comment section of the video soon became a theater of anarchy, where reason called in sick and lunacy reported early. Without visual or audio to steer anything, it became a clean slate for madness; timestamps indicated absolutely nothing, melodramatic pauses without action, and build-up of suspense leading to complete silence.
It was functioning less like a typical comment chain and more like a group project with no brief and far too much energy.
Fans are flocking to the comments and X with the same kind of fervor that they use for celebrity splits or Taylor Swift Easter eggs. Buckle up because the fan reactions are darker (and funnier) than the video itself.
Netizens have reacted as the most viewed TikTok is just a 10-second blank screen
Some viewers gazed at the black screen and proclaimed, "Masterpiece." Others quipped it had more story than half of Netflix's offerings- sorry random true crime docu-series. The comments? A crazy comedy club running in complete darkness, with no mic, no stage, just raw pandemonium.
From spoof movie reviews to individuals acting as if they saw spirits in the emptiness, it's the most lively discussion ever initiated by nothing at all:
"Netflix executives frantically calling to offer them a $200M deal as we speak," a user @ZafdaOne hilariously commented.
"3.6 billion views versus 1 million likes is crazy lol," another user @SirTigerLee commented.
"It's the only peace those people get on that app,"a netizen @JackMihoffX sarcastically expressed.
Some people made comments just to feel something; no meaning, no context, pure raw chaotic energy. It feels like the video was a tabula rasa for comedy, and everyone came armed with crayons and terrible ideas.
From scripted monologues to false paranormal reports, the comments are a full-on fever dream. At this point, it's more of a group therapy session with humor than a comments section:
"That's wild. Nothing to see," one user @_SkyWisher_ commented, amused.
"Not the screen lmao 😂," another user @Jacobshadominer, hilariously commented.
"Best video out there 😂😂," a netizen @RareBonkers commented sarcastically .
The peanut gallery came in with the height of chaos, sarcasm flying, logic left behind, and no context to be found. Some users posted simply for the fun of it, and others behaved like the black screen was the end of a series they'd been emotionally attached to for years.
It seems this video changed their lives. It’s like everyone collectively agreed to lose their minds and hit send:
"this is the kind of content that matches my attention span," user @ZafdaOne wrote.
"Shows why we don’t need tik tok," another user @RealMediaX teasingly wrote.
"lol this still works?!," a netizen @KyleWillson sarcastically wrote.
"A black screen got famous before me," another netizen @finnDgoat commented sarcastically.
TikTok may face a ban again
TikTok may again face a ban all over the United States! Late in January, TikTok did the ultimate Irish exit, disappearing from American phones for more than 12 hours, and the internet world went collectively haywire.
Gen Z was frantic, influencers were crying, and in some places, a ring light hung idle, wondering where it all fell apart. It turns out the blackout was TikTok's theatrical attempt at satisfying the "divest-or-disappear" legislation that went into effect on January 19th.
The government claims the app might be used for espionage or brainwashing us one dance at a time because nothing screams "espionage" like a lip-sync to a SpongeBob sound. The app later rose from the dead like a bewildered phoenix: somehow still missing from app stores like it was behind on rent.
Now, with President Donald Trump doling out a 75-day reprieve before the ban like it's a library book, TikTok's future is a summer enigma.
Meanwhile, 170 million users are out here attempting to instantly become cybersecurity experts, googling VPNs like they're attempting to hack the Pentagon just to continue watching cat videos and thirst traps.
Tough luck for the TikTok devotees wanting to get all hacker – tossing on a VPN won't somehow revive the app if it gets banned in the U.S. This isn't Netflix attempting to conceal Shrek 2 in Canada; this is an outright digital lockup.
You can switch locations to Antarctica if you wish, but all that will do is mess up your algorithm and clog your For You Page full of penguin clips (no complaints here, though). Unless your VPN has a teleportation machine and an attorney on speed dial, it's not getting you back to scroll heaven.
TikTok's 75-day countdown begins now, and everyone's posting like it's the end of the world
While TikTok's future remains uncertain with another 75-day extension imposed like a desperate homework alibi, the app is beginning to resemble that one friend who promises to leave the party but never does.
Users are in a strange emotional purgatory; one moment, they're doomscrolling, the next, they're searching "Is TikTok banned yet?" like it's a weather forecast.
Creators are speed-running content, influencers are posting as if each post might be their last, and somewhere along the line, someone's making a dramatic goodbye video for the third time this year. Suspense, if it were a content category, would forever be trending on TikTok.
Now that the only thing more volatile than TikTok's legal fate is your For You Page at 3 a.m., one scroll and you're watching someone deep-fry a shoe, the next it's a raccoon in tears with emotional captions. Meanwhile, creators are milking every second as if they're on a reality show called Survivor: Algorithm Edition.
Everyone's posting "final videos" like it's a social media apocalypse, then going live five minutes later like, "Hey guys, I'm still here lol." Seriously, if TikTok does go down, it won't be quiet; it'll be 170 million people all screaming "WHAT DO WE DO NOW?!" into their ring lights.
And you just can't imagine the mayhem ever ceasing; somebody's going to attempt to replicate TikTok on Microsoft Excel, and others will be creating dance moves on PowerPoint presentations. Instagram Reels will be filled with TikTok refugees in a desperate search for their algorithm soulmate once more.
You'll witness influencers pacing on LinkedIn, attempting to take "day in the life" vlogs and turn them into résumé bullet points. It's not content death, it's the beginning of a very melodramatic, very insane migration.
In this vast, jumpy cinema named TikTok, the black screen video seems like an unsure jewel – no audio, no movement, just ... nothing.
It is elegant, actually. Whilst the app is shrouded in the uncertainty of its future, enfolded in bans, extensions, and government suspicions, this black, deserted clip calmly gathers billions of views like it is the Mona Lisa of the algorithm.
This black screen does not need a dance challenge or a skincare routine to conquer hearts; it just sits there, silent and unmoving.
The beginning of TikTok’s 'silent era.' Or maybe, just maybe, it is the perfect goodbye: a black screen, continually repeating, while everyone stares into the digital chasm together… one autoplay at a time.
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