Overview
- Cudi posted his own clip hanging from a street sign outside Cleveland’s Progressive Field, thanking fans and calling the 17‑year‑old song timeless.
- The challenge traces to a Sept. 5 video by TikTok user @aaronxbrownn, who mouthed the Honolulu lyric while hanging from a crosswalk sign.
- On Oct. 7, the track logged about 390,000 Spotify streams and reached No. 98 on the platform’s daily songs chart.
- Billboard reports the song at No. 24 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 following the viral surge.
- Weeks earlier, Cudi released the SoundCloud track “Once” and said he plans to step back from albums to focus on other creative projects.