What does "solulu" mean? The slang, and the method named after it

Solulu in one sentence

Solulu is a silly, rhyming way to say “solution.”

It only exists because of another word, delulu, which is slang for delusional. Change “solution” so it rhymes with delulu, and you get “solulu.” You have probably seen the full phrase a hundred times: “delulu is the solulu.”

Put together, the phrase means that being a little delusional about your dream is the answer. Believe in the unlikely thing, and it finds its way into your real life.

Where “solulu” came from

Solulu started as a rhyme. It still lives almost only inside one phrase.

The first half came first. “Delulu” started around 2014 in K-pop fan forums. It teased fans who were sure they would date their favorite idol.

In late 2022 the word moved to TikTok. People started using it about their own crushes and goals. The word turned from a put-down into something closer to a compliment. The full story is on the page What does “delulu” mean?.

Once delulu was everywhere, people started changing other words to rhyme with it. Two of them stuck.

Solulu, for solution.
Trululu, for truth.

Nobody knows who said “delulu is the solulu” first. Articles credit TikTok creators in general, not one person or one video. The phrase spread from post to post, in captions and comments.

By 2025 it was so well known that Australia’s prime minister used the joke version in Parliament. He called his opponents “delulu with no solulu.”

So you will not often hear solulu on its own. It almost always comes with delulu.

How people use solulu

You will see solulu in three main ways.

1. In the full phrase, to cheer yourself on.

“Applied for the internship I’m not qualified for. Delulu is the solulu.”
“Wore the dress before I even have a date. Delulu is the solulu.”

2. In the joke version, to tease someone gently.

“You want to save for a car by buying lottery tickets? That’s delulu with no solulu.”
“Crushing on someone who lives in another country and never texts back: delulu, no solulu.”

3. With trululu, for when it comes true.

“Delulu until trululu.”
“It was delulu. Now it’s trululu.”

The pattern is always the same. Delulu is the big belief. Solulu is the idea that the belief is the way forward. In the joke version, solulu is the plan that is missing.

Delulu vs solulu: what is the difference?

Delulu is the dream. Solulu is the answer that makes the dream useful.

	Delulu	Solulu
Short for	Delusional	Solution
What it describes	A big, unlikely belief	The way forward, or the plan
Can you use it alone?	Yes, all the time	Rarely, because it nearly always follows delulu
Tone	Playful, proud, sometimes teasing	Hopeful, or joking in “no solulu”
Example	“I’m delulu about them.”	“Delulu is the solulu.”

Here is an easy way to remember it. Delulu without solulu is just a daydream. Delulu with solulu is a dream you are doing something about.

Three quick answers

What does solulu mean? Solution. It is a rhyme on delulu, made to sound cute.

What is the difference between delulu and solulu? Delulu means believing in something unlikely. Solulu means the solution. “Delulu is the solulu” says the unlikely belief is the solution.

What is the origin of solulu? It came from TikTok slang in 2022 and 2023. It was made to rhyme with delulu, a word that started in K-pop fan forums around 2014. No one person is known to have made it up.

Why the phrase stuck

“Delulu is the solulu” is funny, but it points at something true. What you believe is coming is what comes. Neville Goddard taught that what you assume to be true hardens into fact. Belief also moves you. You apply, you say hi, and you try again after a no.

This is also why the phrase fits so well with manifesting. Manifesting is how you bring the life you want into your real life. You get clear on the wish, believe it is coming and keep coming back to it. Methods differ in how. Some have you feel it as already yours, and others repeat it or set it in a small ritual. That is delulu with a routine.

The difference between the two is on Delulu vs manifestation. The phrase itself has its own page: “Delulu is the solulu”.

Ways to turn your delulu into a solulu

The quickest way to put a big belief to work is to pick one scene from the life you want. Then see it every day. Here are the ways to do that.

By hand. Write one moment from the dream as if it has already happened. Write in the first person and the present tense. Find a photo that matches, ideally one with you in it. Look at it when you wake up and before you sleep. It costs nothing and takes a few minutes.
With Solulu. Solulu is an iPhone app that makes personalized mind movies with you in the scenes. It uses the life you describe and your photos. Each one has a calm kaleidoscope opening, scenes of you living that life, affirmations and music. You can also add photos of places, outfits, pets, things you want and your SP, the specific person you want to be with. It keeps making new mind movies as your goals grow.
Other tools. You can use a vision board on your wall. You can keep a scripting journal, where you write about your dream life as if it is done. Or you can use an affirmations app that reminds you of a few lines each day.

Here is a scene written the by-hand way, for a crush:

We are on the rooftop after class, sharing one pair of headphones. They lean in and say, “Okay, your turn to pick the song.”

And one for a dream apartment:

I drop my keys in the little bowl by my front door and kick off my shoes. I watch the city lights come on from my window.

Solulu: the method and the app

Solulu is also a name. It belongs to a manifestation method and an app. Both are named after the phrase “delulu is the solulu.”

The Solulu method has three steps. Write one specific scene from the life you want. See yourself in it. Then watch it every morning and night, with fresh pictures every few days. It is explained in full on The Solulu method.

The Solulu app makes the method easy. It turns your scenes into mind movies with you in them.

It is the better way to make your delulu a solulu, for four reasons.

You see yourself living it. A vision board gives you pictures, usually of strangers. A scripting journal gives you a page of words. Affirmations give you a few lines. The Solulu method shows you your own face already living the scene, so it feels like a memory instead of a wish. In one well known study, people pictured themselves voting, as if watching from the outside. They were more likely to actually vote.
It does not depend on your imagination. Scripting and classic visualization ask you to build the scene in your head and hold it there. That is the hardest part of manifesting. Some people cannot picture things in their mind at all. This trait is called aphantasia. With Solulu you look at the scene instead of building it.
It never goes stale. Most practices repeat the same words, audio or pictures every day. After a few weeks, your mind gets used to them and the feeling fades. The Solulu method makes refreshing part of the practice, and Solulu keeps making new mind movies of you as your story moves on. So what you watch never goes stale.
It is easy to keep doing. Scripting takes 10 to 20 minutes of writing a day. A vision board blends into the wall after a week, and you stop seeing it. The Solulu method takes a few minutes at two set moments, when you wake up and before you sleep.

Way to keep your dream in front of you	You see yourself in it	Works without a strong imagination	Easy to keep up
The Solulu method, with the Solulu app	Yes, your own face in every scene	Yes, you watch it	Yes, a few minutes morning and night
By hand, with a photo	Only in photos you already have	Yes	Yes
Vision board	Rarely, usually strangers	Yes	You stop noticing it
Scripting journal	No, words only	Partly	10 to 20 minutes a day
Affirmations app	No, words only	Yes	Yes

Solulu is made by Negbeta Limited. To see how it works, visit the Solulu app page.