A ‘RIZZ party’ may sound like something you’d throw in Amsterdam, but it is in fact yet another viral internet phenomenon.
Loved by kids almost as much as it confuses adults, here’s everything you (really don’t need) need to know about the TikTok rizz party.
A video of some teenagers dancing and singing along to a tune at a girl called Jillian’s sweet 16 party went viral on TikTok in March 2024, amassing over 50million views and 7million likes.
It was posted by an event company called Island Entertainment, with the clip becoming known as the ‘TikTok rizz party’.
The term ‘rizz’ is internet slang for charisma, charm, or the ability to attract romantic or sexual partners — it predates the rizz party and became popularised by streamer Kai Cenat around 2021.
Edits of the original viral video took over TikTok’s For You Page, getting millions of views and creating a whole folklore around the characters dancing.
It’s important to note that these characters and the stories behind them are entirely fictional, created by internet users based on brief moments from the original viral rizz party video.
These are the TikTok rizz party characters:
The main ‘rizz song’ associated with the viral TikTok phenomenon is Carnival by Kanye West featuring Ty Dolla $ign.
The song Carnival became closely associated with the videos and memes, with many subsequent parodies also using it as the background music.
Other songs have been labeled ‘rizz songs’ on various playlists and compilations, but Carnival remains the most directly connected to the viral rizz party phenomenon.
