Although "we fell in love in october" has reached incredibly high heights, it's not the first time that girl in red has had a song featured in a prominent TikTok trend. Marie Ulven, the woman behind the songs, has long had a devoted following particularly in the queer community on the platform.
In fact, girl in red was so popular that she was an opener for Taylor Swift on a leg of the Eras Tour, a designation that likely only made this TikTok trend feel more inevitable.