Gay abortion shirt meme

Thereafter, Diddybop continued to go viral on TikTok, growing a cult following on the app, leading to many memes and discourse about his awkwardness and appearance that surfaced on Twitter and Instagram. TikTokers were made aware of Diddybop's true self via what was dubbed his "normal" account @bigyellowbird38892773. Diddybop later revealed his real name, Owen, and also that he was playing a character by slicking his hair to the side and making a weird face.

For instance, the most notable repost was a tweet shared by the Twitter account @therealugs on May 8th, 2023, who captioned it, "A video of Playboi Carti fans has gone viral," gaining roughly 49,100 likes in two months (shown below).

The video gained viral reactions on Twitter, such as a QRT sent by Twitter user @haneswhitetee that read, "what if i told you these are some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen," gaining roughy 18,000 likes in two months.

Additional Spread

Diddybop started to go viral on Instagram around the same time, such as a post shared on June 21st, 2023, to Instagram that showed him, Kava and two others wearing graphic t-shirts with "gay," "abortion," "slut" and "big dick" written on them, gaining roughly 17,800 likes in one month (shown below, left).

But between the activism, the self-discovery, and the constant emotional whiplash of existing under late-stage capitalism, sometimes what we really need is a meme about how our gender identity changes depending on the lighting. The original video was deleted by @seb.rrr, likely due to backlash that surfaced when Twitter user @pleadead tweeted a screenshot of the video on July 19th, captioning it, "So fucking embarrassing," and gaining roughly 37,500 likes in two days (shown below).

Two hours after the aforementioned tweet, on July 19th, Twitter user @antlvl tweeted a different video from TikToker @seb.rrr that was posted on July 19th, featuring the same set of guys.

Reactions to his "normal" account mostly expressed surprise in the comment sections.

Diddybop "Clones"

Sometime before July 19th, 2023, TikToker @seb.rrr posted a video of him and three friends seemingly recreating the video style of Diddybop and Henry Kava. For instance, a notable Diddybop video was posted on May 6th, 2023, to Henry Kava's TikTok account @moonehfun.

Meanwhile, Twitter user @antlvl's repost of the video, captioned, "This is so cringe," gained roughly 2,400 likes in two days (shown below).

In the comment section of the TikTok video (which included #diddybop76 in its caption), others referenced Diddybop. The image gained memetic usage, such as in a tweet sent by the gimmick accountshirts that go hard on June 24th, 2023, which captioned it, "tag yourself," gaining roughly 13,000 likes (shown below, right).

The tweet then inspired redraws of the image, such as a QRT shared by Twitter user @SLAUGHTERHOU2E on June 25th, 2023, that gained roughly 1,300 likes in one month (shown below, left).

Diddybop Normal Account

Diddybop's two TikTok accounts @ripdiddybop and @bigyellowbird38892773 ultimately contrasted due to Diddybop playing a character on @ripdiddybop while dressing normally on @bigyellowbird38892773.

Diddybop, Kava and two other friends were dancing to a Playboi Carti song and gained roughly 2,9 million plays and 329,400 likes in two months (shown below).

Reactions

The aforementioned TikTok started to gain cross-platform spread after it went viral on TikTok. From the earliest fandoms on Tumblr to niche communities on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), queer folks have developed a digital slang that combines political commentary, niche style, fandom tropes, and pop culture into something that's half-performative art, half-group therapy.