Everything You Need to Know About Ballerina Cappuccina

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How a surreal latte art video took the internet by storm

Co-authored by Amy Bobinger, BA Reviewed by Candace Gasper

Last Updated: July 16, 2025 Fact Checked

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• Who is Ballerina Cappuccina?
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• Backstory & Relationships
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Ballerina Cappuccina is an Italian Brainrot character with a ballet dancer’s body and a cappuccino for a head. She might sound like a fever dream, but she’s taken the internet by storm, spawning her own aesthetic and more than a few romantic rivalries. We’re breaking down everything there is to know about Ballerina Cappuccina, including who she is, where she came from, and what Italian Brainrot characters she’s associated with.

Ballerina Cappuccina Explained

Ballerina Cappuccina is an AI-generated Italian Brainrot character with a ballet dancer’s body and a cappuccino cup for a head. She was created in March 2025 by TikTok user @aironic.fun (real name Sava Susanu). Ballerina Cappuccina is married to Cappuccino Assassino and is the sister (and rival) of Espressona Signora

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Who is Ballerina Cappuccina?

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   Ballerina Cappuccina is a ballerina with a cappuccino cup for a head. She’s part of the Italian Brainrot trend of AI-generated characters that’s dominated social media in the first half of 2025. Ballerina Cappuccina is a graceful dancer with soft pink cheeks and long lashes. She’s usually shown singing or pirouetting. She sometimes appears to be sweet and shy, but other times she’s shown as scary or evil.

   • Ballerina Cappuccino is sometimes said to be married to Cappuccino Assassino, another Italian Brainrot character.
   • The original Ballerina Cappuccina video is set to a soundtrack that, translated into English, says: “Ballerina Cappuccina, mi mi mi // Is the wife of the Cappuccino Assassino // And she loves music la la la // Her passion is the Ballerino Lololo.”
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Origin and Spread of Ballerina Cappuccina

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   The first Ballerina Cappuccina video appeared in March 2025. It was uploaded by Sava Susanu, also known as TikTok user @aironic.fun. The video quickly went viral—it currently has over 4.2 million likes. Others soon joined in on the fun, creating their own takes on the AI-generated character. A few popular variations include:

   • This video of Ballerina Cappuccina with a dancer’s bun and an elaborate tutu got over 2.2 million likes on TikTok
   • A video of an espresso cup with Ballerina Cappuccina’s face growing a human body and starting to dance currently has over 225,000 likes on Instagram.
   • Jimmy Fallon got in on the fun with a video of actress Ana de Armas set to the original Ballerina soundtrack.
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   Ballerina Cappuccina is sometimes used to describe a soft, pink aesthetic. The look usually features an ultra-feminine, floral feel with varying shades of pink and white, gold, and tan accents.

   • “Ballerina Cappuccina” has become a popular caption for feminine outfits and makeup looks, like this outfit post with over 20,000 likes.
   • It’s also sometimes used as a caption for people and animals in ballet-like poses, like this TikTok video of a cat with its leg stretched out like a dancer or this video of a duck swimming head-down.
   • The Ballerina Cappuccina aesthetic is often contrasted with the Espressona Signora aesthetic, which features luxurious golds, browns, and blacks, sometimes with rustic accents. For example, this video shows both aesthetics side by side.
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   A Ballerina Cappuccina game was developed for iOS. Game creator Dan Lespect collaborated with Sava Susanu to create the brainrot-themed Ballerina Cappuccina runner game (ages 9+), available in the App Store for iPhone and iPad. In the game, players collect Tung coins, jump on brainrot flowers, and unlock additional brainrot characters.

   • Ballerina Cappuccina also appears in the games Cappuccina Make LASAGNA (ages 4+) for iOS and Ballerina Cappuccina Horror 3D (ages 10+)for Android.
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Backstory & Relationships

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   Ballerina Cappuccina is married to Cappuccino Assassino. However, she’s sometimes shown in different relationships with characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur, Ballerino Lololo, and Tralalero Tralala. Some origin stories say that she was originally a dancer but was cursed, and that’s how she got her cappuccino head. In other stories, she always had a cappuccino head, and grew up as the sister of Espressona Signora. Here’s a little more about the characters connected to Ballerina Cappuccina:

   • Cappuccino Assassino—Ballerina Cappuccina’s husband; a to-go coffee cup wearing ninja gear. A recent video showed the story of their engagement and wedding.
   • Tung Tung Tung Sahur—Ballerina Cappuccina’s love interest; a baseball bat with a face, arms, and legs. This video shows the pair singing a love song, accompanied by Tralalero Tralala on piano.
   • Espressona Signora—Ballerina Cappuccina’s rival and sister; has a human body with an espresso cup for a head. The two are sometimes shown competing for the affection of Tung Tung Tung Sahur, like in this video, and sometimes they’re fighting over Cappuccino Assassino, like here. But sometimes they’re shown as friends, like in this video.
   • Ballerino Lololo—Ballerina Cappuccina’s former love interest; a ballet dancer with a to-go cup for a head.
   • Tralalero Tralala—Sometimes shown as a love interest of Ballerina Cappuccino, like here; a shark wearing blue Nike sneakers and the first Italian Brainrot character.
   • Children—Ballerina Cappuccina is sometimes said to have children with her various love interests. The children are often hybrids of Cappucchina and the father, like this video where she has 5 babies with cappuccino heads and shark bodies—all wearing blue baby Nikes, of course.
   • Can’t get enough Italian Brainrot? Find out your Brainrot personality with wikiHow’s Italian Brainrot Tier List or test your knowledge with our Italian Brainrot Animals Quiz.

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What is Italian Brainrot?

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   Italian Brainrot is a viral trend featuring AI-generated characters. The characters are typically a mixture of people, animals, and inanimate objects. The first Italian Brainrot character was Tralalero Tralala. He was quickly followed by Bombardiro Crocodilo, a bomber plane with a crocodile head. In addition to the ones mentioned so far, other Italian Brainrot characters include:

   • Brr Brr Patapim—A forest or large tree with a monkey face and very big feet.
   • Boneca Ambalabu—A tire with a frog head and human legs.
   • Frigo Camelo—A fridge with a camel head
   • Chimpanzee Bananini—A banana with a green chimp head
   • Trippi Troppi Troppa Trippa—A shrimp with a cat head
   • Lirili Larala—A cactus with an elephant head wearing sandals.
   • Abonono Schimpanzinono—an avocado with a chimpanzee face and arms.
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