Exactly what I mean when I say let's...

The "Exactly what I mean when I say let's..." trend is an audio-driven TikTok format built around "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" by British duo Everything But The Girl. The original track appeared on the 1994 album Amplified Heart. American house DJ Todd Terry's remix, released on May 23, 1995, transformed the song into a worldwide commercial hit, reaching number three in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It became the first single to spend an uninterrupted year on the US Hot 100. The remix builds from a subdued atmospheric opening into a driving four-on-the-floor house drop, which maps onto the TikTok content format: creators open with quiet anticipatory footage and cut to visually charged material as the track escalates. Captions follow a "this is exactly what I mean when I say let's [activity]" template, using the song's slow build and peak energy to dramatize a lifestyle moment. The remix circulated on TikTok in various forms from at least 2022 onward, with renewed uptake through 2024 and 2025. No single originating creator for the specific caption format has been identified in indexed sources.