Binley Mega Chippy song: We spoke to the student behind the tune Who we are Contact Advertise Tips UK Write Tips News Trash Agenda Trends Opinion Guides UK Belfast Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Brookes Cambridge Cardiff Coventry Durham Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow King's Lancaster Leeds Lincoln Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle Nottingham Oxford Sheffield Soton St Andrews Sussex University of East Anglia Warwick York Exclusive: We spoke to the student who created the Binley Mega Chippy song ‘It doesn’t make any sense really’ 5 months ago Danny Shaw Trends UK The Binley Mega Chippy song is all anyone is talking about right now. But the tune’s humble origins have been shrouded in mystery. UNTIL NOW. A few videos have been circulating on TikTok over the past month or so, with the viral trend really taking off over the weekend. The catchy audio that often accompanies these videos can be traced back to @binleymegachippyfan53. That account is basically the epicentre of the Binley Mega Chippy trend and is responsible for so much of the content we’ve grown to know and love. In an exclusive interview, The Tab spoke to the person behind the account to find out more about the audio and the origins of the trend itself. Who created the trend The original Binley Mega Chippy song was created by 20-year-old student Alex. That’s all you’re getting in terms of his identity, as although Alex is astonished by the overnight fame of his TikToks, he’s keen to stay out of the limelight. “It’s quite overwhelming, the popularity of it,” Alex told The Tab. How did he come up with the Binley Mega Chippy song “I saw a TikTok of someone going past the chip shop,” Alex said. “I thought it was funny. It didn’t really have many views at the time. I just made a few videos on it to show my friends, thinking it was a bit of a laugh really.” He then made the iconic tune using TikTok’s “text-to-speech” function, which does what it says on the tin really. Once he’d got the lyrics down, he added the “tenor singing voice” and thus the song was born. “I just uploaded a video of that and it blew up,” Alex told The Tab. When he started making Binley Mega Chippy TikToks last month, Alex only had around 100 random followers. Now he’s got over nine thousand, while the original video has one million views. On top of that, there are over 5,000 TikToks of other people using the sound. Has Alex even been to Binley No. He hasn’t. Alex lives nowhere near Binley but he does harbour dreams of going to the iconic chip shop one day. He said: “I would like to go there. It would be a fun experience, I think.” What does he think of his newfound fame “It’s absolutely unreal, to be honest,” Alex said. “Seeing the pages worth of news articles writing about it. It doesn’t make any sense really.” Related stories recommended by this writer • This is the origin story of the Binley Mega Chippy TikTok trend • Whatever you do, don’t search the ‘Dubai Porta Potty’ trend that’s going viral on TikTok • This is where the ‘my money don’t jiggle jiggle’ TikTok audio actually comes from Danny Shaw Trends UK RECOMMENDED READ So here’ s how to get into HUNDREDS of museums art galleries and exhibitions for free All you need is a fiver Art Fund Sponsored BRANDS ‘If I’m not winning, no one should’: Sminty Drop on her shock early exit from Drag Race UK Harrison Brocklehurst Trash UK ‘They had to get rid of me to give somebody else some airtime’ Kwasi Kwarteng only lasted 38 days, but these memes will live on forever Izzy Schifano Agenda UK ‘I’ve had some cheese in my fridge that’s lasted longer than him as chancellor’ This is where the real life family from Netflix’s The Watcher are now Georgia Mooney Trash UK They suggested Netflix include a scene where the house burns to the ground MAFS UK was the wildest show of the year and these 22 memes from the final prove it Harrison Brocklehurst Trash UK Kwame’s bench will haunt us all forever This is what everyone is dressing up as for Halloween, according to Google Georgia Mooney Trends UK Going as anyone from the cast of Euphoria is so pick me x George has been ‘ruled out’ of the Married at First Sight UK reunion by Channel 4 Harrison Brocklehurst Trash UK The rest of the cast will reunite on Monday and Tuesday next week Guys Francis Bourgeois has his own show coming out next week Hayley Soen Trash UK Chloe Burrows from Love Island features too! These 20 Russell Group universities are officially the best in the UK right now Izzy Schifano News UK Brb applying to Edinburgh right now x Real Broaddus family was paid by Netflix for The Watcher and made demands about the show Hayley Soen Trash UK They’ve said they won’t be watching the thriller series about what happened to them Who lives at 657 Boulevard now What happened to real house from The Watcher on Netflix Hayley Soen Trash UK The Broaddus family sold up in 2019 Every cast member of Married at First Sight UK 2022 definitively ranked from worst to best Harrison Brocklehurst Trash UK I will remember the drama they gave us til the day I die Meet the iconic cast full of famous faces in Netflix’s The Watcher Georgia Mooney Trash UK Jennifer Coolidge AND Hannah Montana’s grandma omg The creepy letters in The Watcher are real – here’s what they each said in real life Hayley Soen Trash UK ‘Will the young blood play in the basement? If you were upstairs you would never hear them scream’ People are making their houses into Stranger Things sets for Halloween and it’s incredible Hayley Soen Trash UK HOW do people make them look this good?! Omg, apparently the MAFS UK reunion is so explosive producers had to step in Harrison Brocklehurst Trash UK ‘The previous dinner parties have nothing on what’s about to happen’ As a student with OCD, this is what my university experience has been like Amy Varley Guides UK It’s changed my approach, but I’m still capable Just every single type of seller you will encounter on Vinted Ella Dickson Guides UK 3. The one who should get back to Depop Brianne Howey says season two of Ginny and Georgia is ‘done’ but explains its delay Hayley Soen Trash UK Finally some news! Here’s the chilling true story behind The Watcher, Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix show Georgia Mooney Trash UK This is my idea of hell Rex Orange County fans are straight up burning their merch and removing tattoos Georgia Mooney Trends UK ‘Who wants to cut my arm off?’ An ode to Adrian: How the world fell in love with MAFS UK’s ‘Captain Curtains’ Harrison Brocklehurst Trash UK The nation cheered when he told Whitney to f*ck off Most Read Who lives at 657 Boulevard now What happened to real house from The Watcher on Netflix Hayley Soen Trash These 20 Russell Group universities are officially the best in the UK right now Izzy Schifano News All the 2022 MAFS UK cast s first Instagram posts compared to their most recent Katelyn Mensah Trash The creepy letters in The Watcher are real – here s what they each said in real life Hayley Soen Trash Meet Ruth Codd The 26-year-old who went from TikTok fame to The Midnight Club on Netflix Harrison Brocklehurst Trash Right just how successful are the millionaire cast of Bling Empire really Hayley Soen Trash The full true story behind the disgusting meat sandwich scene in the Jeffrey Dahmer series Hayley Soen Trash George has been ruled out of the Married at First Sight UK reunion by Channel 4 Harrison Brocklehurst Trash Guys Francis Bourgeois has his own show coming out next week Hayley Soen Trash Real Broaddus family was paid by Netflix for The Watcher and made demands about the show Hayley Soen Trash