This song is everywhere.
Last night (Jan. 7), the Inside the NBA TNT crew played “Tweaker” throughout various breaks and highlights. South Carolina Women’s Basketball head coach Dawn Staley liked the song enough to record herself listening to it during practice and posted it on her Instagram. Multiple professional locker rooms celebrated wins as “Tweaker” in the background, like the Detroit Lions after beating the Vikings for the division and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. The song has even been referenced on the news in West Virginia.
Since that clip of LiAngelo Ball aka G3 aka Gelo played the song in his car for popular streamer n3on, the song has truly taken on a life of its own. Some hate the track and think it’s mid, while others are having fun with the novelty of it all. Either way, he’s winning — because he’ll be performing at Rolling Loud California later this year and the song is doing numbers on Spotify and YouTube, with over four million plays and counting on both platforms. After years of trying to make it and stay in the NBA, the middle Ball brother may have finally found his true calling.
“Tweaker” is resonating with folks because it sounds like the music they grew up on, and it has a catchy hook. There’s also the novelty factor: People are going to have fun with a song made by someone out of the Ball family. We’ve missed the family’s patriarch LaVar’s antics, and his son coming out with a banger is going to get some attention. Whether you’re a fan of the song or not, you really can’t get too mad at those that are choosing to have some fun with it.
Social media loves the song — especially users on X — so we compiled a list of some of the funnier memes we’ve come across this past week or so.
Check out our picks below.