Two things carry the wassup in a minute trend: a sound and a drawing style. The sound is a jersey-club remix of a 2013 Drake song. The style is Atlanta Lock — fan art of the football anime Blue Lock drawn as Atlanta rappers. This page explains both, because knowing them is what makes your own version land.
The song: a "From Time" jersey-club remix
The wassup in a minute sound is a jersey-club remix built on "From Time", the 2013 track by Drake featuring Jhené Aiko. The remix had been circulating on TikTok since January 2026, but in late October 2026 it collided with a new animation style and became the trend sound.
The name-giving moment comes early in the remix: the vocal says "wassup, been a minute" — a greeting. Most listeners hear "wassup in a minute", and that mishearing became the trend's name and hashtag, #wassupinaminute. That is also why search splits across spellings — wassup been a minute, wassup wait a minute — all pointing at the same sound.
How to use it: the MP4 you download from ViralReel carries the picture only. In TikTok, Reels or Shorts, search "wassup in a minute" in the sound picker, pick the top trend sound, and start your clip on the first beat. Adding the official sound in-app is what groups your post with the trend — ViralReel does not license the audio, and the audio belongs to its creators.
The style: what Atlanta Lock means
Atlanta Lock is a fan nickname for drawings of the Blue Lock cast as Atlanta rappers: glossy puffer jackets, gold chains, baggy jeans, and — in the original trend edit — a fanned stack of banknotes in one hand. The name plays on the anime's title, and the style has existed in fan art for years before the trend.
On 22 October 2026 the US animator @ristyisvalid animated several of those streetwear drawings swaying side to side on a white background; the follow-up captioned "Wassup in a minute" named the trend. Within days, remakes with other anime characters and AI tutorials filled the tag.
The line between enjoying fan art and posting it
Here is the part that matters for posting: the drawings belong to fan artists, and the Blue Lock characters belong to the show. Reposting either is how accounts get strikes — that is why the Blue Lock connection needs a hard boundary.
The AI version sidesteps it cleanly. On the Wassup in a Minute template, your photo becomes an original character in the same style — generic streetwear with no logos or numbers, same white background, same sway. No show character appears, no fan artist's file is reused, and the outfit keeps the Atlanta Lock look recognizable. You keep the aesthetic and lose the copyright problem.
Why the two halves work together
The pairing is the whole joke's engine: a laid-back greeting ("wassup, been a minute") over characters whose only action is a confident side-to-side sway. No dialogue, no caption, no language barrier — the sound does the timing and the outfit does the attitude. That readability is why the format survived the jump from Blue Lock fan art to other anime to AI photos of real people, and why it keeps spreading: the recipe is two fixed ingredients and one variable — you.
Make your own
- Open the Wassup in a Minute AI template and upload one to four photos.
- Pick an outfit — Money Fan, Puffer Classic, All Black, Jersey Look, or Heavyweight — or read about the template variants.
- Generate the 15-second 9:16 MP4 and download it.
- Add the "wassup in a minute" sound inside TikTok, Reels or Shorts, use #wassupinaminute and #atlantalock, and keep the AI label on.
The full step-by-step is in How to make a wassup in a minute AI video, and the trend's origin story is in What is wassup in a minute.
FAQ
Who made the wassup in a minute sound? It is a jersey-club remix of "From Time" (Drake with Jhené Aiko) that circulated on TikTok from January 2026 and became the trend sound in late October 2026. ViralReel is not affiliated with the rights holders.
Is Atlanta Lock official Blue Lock content? No. It is a fan art style with a fan nickname. The ViralReel version draws original characters from your photos in a similar style and does not reproduce any show character or fan artist's file.
Can I post an Atlanta Lock AI video safely? The ViralReel version is built for that: original characters, generic outfits, your photos only. Keep the AI-generated label on when you post.