Hilary Duff's 'Come Clean' Sparks TikTok Challenge as Users Try (and Many Fail) to Clap Along with the Beat

Mar. 15, 2025

Hilary Duff in Los Angeles in March 2023.Photo: People / Getty Images

Let’s go back, back to the beginning — and try to find the beat toHilary Duff’s “Come Clean.”

TheYoungeractress and singer’s signature 2004 hit is currently soundtracking a major trend on TikTok, as some of the platform’s usersattempt (and fail) to clap alongto the pop song’s beat.

“Come Clean” has been used in over 17,000 videos on TikTok, and many of the latest ones find individualschallenging someone else to clap on the beat. The task provesdifficult for many people, especially since the song’s verses are synth-heavy and don’t feature as identifiable of a drum pattern as the chorus.

A lot of the clips find peopleasking their significant othersto clap along to the song, which they confidently try beforeeither failing or second-guessing themselves.

“This is the beat that feels right. Sorry guys,“wrote another creator, laughing as they attempted the task.

For some TikTok users, however, the challenge wasn’t exactly challenging. A few videos find individualsasking musicians to clap along with “Come Clean”— which they’re able to do without any struggle.

“Asking my husband to clap on beat but he doesn’t get the trend because he’s a musician,” wrote one social media user, captioning a clip of the manaccomplishing the task with no problem.

Similarly, another personcaptioned a video, “POV: your husband is a drummer and can immediately find the beat.”

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One TikTok user evenconducted the musicas if she was working with an orchestra. “I am watching. And I am judging,” she wrote. “You all are beginning to worry me.”

Duff is yet to respond to the trend, which isn’t the first on TikTok to center her music. A video of her performing the 2007 hit “With Love” with some low-energy choreography previously went viral, leading the former child star to recreate the clip in 2021.

Hilary Duff in Bel Air in October 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty

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“So I can stop receiving text about this…. also….. I tik toked….and it was a 12% kinda day,” wrote Duff alongside the videoon Instagram.

source: people.com