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Kid Cudi Joins TikTok’s ‘Maui Wowie’ Trend as 2008 Track Returns to the Charts

A street‑sign hanging challenge is driving fresh streams, with new chart gains during the rapper’s planned pause from albums.

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.