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Hey There Demons refers to a screenshot of an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural in which a man addresses ghosts that may be in a room with "Hey there demons, it's me, ya boy." The shot became a reaction image in jokes where a person casually addresses their mental problems.

Origin

On April 7th, 2017, online show Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural uploaded an episode in which the cast investigates Bobby Mackey's Music World, a rumored "portal to hell." Late in the episode, cast member Shane Madej goes into a dark room and attempts to address any supposed demons in the room with "Hey there demons, it's me, ya boy." The episode has gained over 4.5 million views (shown below).

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On May 27th, 2017, Tumblr user benpllatt^[1] uploaded a GIF of the moment along with another moment in which Madej casually addresses ghosts, gaining over 24,000 notes (shown below). The image was then posted to Instagram by _bookshelfie on June 8th.^[2]

On June 26th, 2017, Twitter user @FreddyAmazin^[3] tweeted the GIF as a reaction image to the caption "me: i need a break from social media!! me, logging in again 10 minutes later bc i need to live tweet my breakdown:", gaining over 3,100 retweets and 8,700 likes (shown below, left). He would use the image as a reaction image again on July 25th,^[4] this time with the caption "when the anxiety and depression kick in hard," gaining over 12,000 retweets and 29,000 likes (shown below, right). The phrase has also been used on Twitter with various different images.

Some video remixes of the clip have appeared on YouTube as well. On August 2nd, YouTuber valeriaguzman uploaded a video of the clip playing on loop for 2 minutes, gaining over 6,000 views (shown below, left). On August 4th, YouTuber Robstza Lobsza uploaded a loud version of the clip, gaining over 1,000 views (shown below, right).

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