About
Dressing Like a Bum Because My Car Is the Fit is a TikTok[1] and Reels[2] trend where users wear sweatsuits or other casual outfits and show off their expensive car under a version of the caption, “Dressing like a bum bc my car is the fit.” The trend, set to a remix of Future’s “I Serve the Base” with Lana Del Rey’s “The Other Woman” by Slipstream, was popularized in mid-August 2025. The trend’s virality inspired parodies[3], in which users either pretend an expensive car belongs to them or show off a rundown or cheap vehicle under the same caption.
Origin
On August 1st, 2025, TikToker @formerlynordstromracked, aka Slipstream, posted a video where he remixes “I Serve the Base” by Future and Lana Del Rey’s song “The Other Woman,” garnering over 520,000 views in a month.
@formerlynordstromracked that august feeling #lanadelrey #future #mashup ♬ original sound – slipstream[4][5][6][7][8]
It is unclear who started the “dressing like a bum” trend. On August 9th, 2025, TikToker @slm.1111 posted a video set to the remix where she approaches her Porsche Cayenne under the caption, “Dressing like a bum bc my car is the fit,” garnering over 2 million views in a month, although it is unclear if this is the true original.
@slm.1111[9] Had to do ts 😭
Spread
The trend continued to spread throughout August 2025, leading into September.
On August 16th, 2025, TikToker @sadieemckennaa posted a video following the trend that garnered over 10.5 million views in roughly two weeks.
@sadieemckennaa[11] my lil fishbowl m3
On August 25th, TikToker and Bop House[13] member @camilla posted a video following the trend that gained over 4.7 million views in a week. She also posted the video on Instagram[14], where it gained over 30,000 likes in the same span of time. On August 28th, the District Speed Facebook[15] page made a text post reading, “I be dressing like a bum since my car is the fit,” garnering over 1,200 reactions and 500 shares in five days.
@camilla[16] This trend but I never dress like a bum 🫣
Various Examples
@.cxyda7 😮💨😮💨||#Bmw#M240i #b58 ♬ original sound – slipstream[18][19][20][21][22]
@thisisamina A girl can dream 😅 #fyp #lamborghiniurus #lamborghini #cartok #viral ♬ original sound – Amina[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
@rayyyarllon Holy truck #fy #fypシ #likes #100k #trucker ♬ original sound – slipstream[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
@julieta.aspamm Creds to Charlie for recording 🤪🤪#fypシ #goviral #mommiesporsche #iservethebase ♬ original sound – slipstream[37][38][39][40][41][42]
Search Interest
External References
References
- ^ TikTok (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Reels (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ parodies (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ @formerlynordstromracked (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ lanadelrey (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ future (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ mashup (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @slm.1111 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @sadieemckennaa (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ Bop House (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Instagram (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Facebook (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ @camilla (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @.cxyda7 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ bmw (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ m240i (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ b58 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @thisisamina (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ fyp (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ lamborghiniurus (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ lamborghini (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ cartok (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ viral (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – Amina (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @rayyyarllon (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ fy (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ fypシ (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ likes (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ 100k (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ trucker (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @julieta.aspamm (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ fypシ (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ goviral (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ mommiesporsche (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ iservethebase (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – slipstream (www.tiktok.com)