I'm Already Tracer

About

"I'm Already Tracer" is a memorable lyric from the song "No Mercy" by The Living Tombstone. In October 2018, the song was used in a series of lip dubbed TikTok Duet videos.

Origin

On January 12th, 2017, the Mashed YouTube channel uploaded an animated music video for the song "No Mercy" by The Living Tombstone, which contains a segment in which YouTubers Black Gryph0n and LittleJayneyCakes sing an argument over which characters to play in the game Overwatch.

BlackGryph0n: Maybe I'll be Tracer.
LittleJayneyCakes: I'm already Tracer.
BlackGryph0n: What about Widowmaker?
LittleJayneyCakes: I'm already Widowmaker.
BlackGryph0n: I'll be Bastion.
LittleJayneyCakes: Nerf Bastion!
BlackGryph0n: You're right. So, Winston.
LittleJayneyCakes: I wanna be Winston.
BlackGryph0n: I guess I'll be Genji.
LittleJayneyCakes: I'm already Genji.
BlackGryph0n: Then I'll be McCree.
LittleJayneyCakes: I already chose McCree.

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On October 14th, 2018, the @IronicTikTok Twitter feed posted a TikTok duet by @theasianthatyeet in which he throws an Overwatch game disc away juxtaposed next to a clip of TikTok user @majaringsby dubbing the "No Mercy" song while cosplaying as the character D.Va (shown below).

The following day, the @IronicTikTok account posted a TikTok Duet by @butterfinuper in which he displays a note that says "Overwatch isn't on PS3" (shown below). Within two weeks, the tweet gained over 7,800 likes and 2,300 retweets.

The same day, YouTuber TikTokCringe uploaded a "I'm Already Tracer" TikTok "cringe compilation" (shown below, left). Within the same timeframe, the video garnered upwards of 675,000 views and 3,300 comments. On October 25th, YouTuber PewDiePie highlighted several "I'm Already Tracer" parodies (shown below, right).

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