'Two Fishes' explained: the Love Island sound people use to defend their worst opinions
TikTok users are lip-syncing a Love Island USA contestant's ultra-confident speech to defend questionable takes. Here is the Two Fishes trend.
Have you seen someone stare into the camera, completely serious, defending something like “Biryani tastes better the next day” or “chai is fine without sugar”, while lip-syncing a man explaining himself with total confidence? That’s the Two Fishes trend.
Where the sound comes from
The audio comes from Corbin Mims, a contestant on Love Island USA who’s known online as “CorbinGPT”, according to marketing agency NewEngen’s October trends guide. The clip catches him laying out his reasoning in such a calm, certain way that it has become the perfect soundtrack for defending any opinion, however strange.
Want to try it?
- Put your opinion on screen as text, for example: “Me explaining why I wear a sweater in Lahore in October”.
- Face the camera with a straight face.
- Lip-sync the sound and use serious hand gestures, as if you’re giving a TED talk.
The funnier and more specific the opinion, the better. Vague takes don’t land. Very particular ones do.
The appeal
The internet loves confidence that isn’t quite justified. The trend lets people laugh at themselves: we all have one opinion we defend far harder than it deserves. The sound gives you permission to go all in.
Pakistani versions we would like to see
- Defending anda paratha as a perfectly fine dinner.
- Explaining why you still watch every episode of a drama you claim to hate.
- Arguing that Karachi rain is a national holiday.
- Insisting that a 2-minute delay means “I’m almost there”.
NewEngen notes TikTok trends usually peak within a week or two, so if you want to try this one, now is the time.
Sources
This story was researched and drafted with AI assistance, then checked and edited by our editor before publishing.
