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This Could Be Us But You Playing
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About
#ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin is a hashtag used ironically to highlight unglamorous or awkward photographs of couples on Twitter and Tumblr, similar to the usage of the phrases "Like a Boss" and Haters Gonna Hate in image macros.
Origin
The phrase most likely originated from the 2012 Manio song "This Could Be Us," as the chorus repeats the phrase "that could be us."[5] The hashtag was first used on Twitter by @blackgalaxshe[2] on January 18th, 2014. It's been mentioned on Twitter over 1.9 million times as of February 2014.[3]
#ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin RT H________G: Who made this atrocity? pic.twitter.com/zwByfR6zrB</p>— blackgalaxshe (blackgalaxshe) January 18, 2014
Spread
On January 25th, the Facebook page[9] "This Could Be Us But You Playing" was created. On January 26th, the Twitter account @ButWhyYouPlayin[5] was created with various image macros featuring unremarkable or awkward-looking couples and the caption #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin. On January 29th, Bossip[4] collected the best photos paired with the hashtag, and on February 6th, The Daily Dot[1] published a post titled "#ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin is the greatest hashtag" which included a collection of the awkward photos used to accompany the hashtag and highlighted the existence of the trend of NSFW photos accompanying the hashtag.
On March 29th, 2014, Urban Dictionary[8] user FimogenFeels submitted an entry for "This could be us but you playin'" which defined it as:
"A joke, often in meme form, that has a picture of an unattractive or ghetto couple (or a couple doing weird things) that says, 'this could be us but you playin.'"
On May 21st, Complex[10] published an article titled "To the Grave: Time to End the "This Could Be Us, But You…" Meme" which called for the end of the meme.
On May 12th, 2015, the rap group Rae Sremmurd released the music video for the track titled after the meme, which was also featured on their debut album SremmLife. The music video received 39 million views, 288,000 likes, and 10,000 dislikes.
Prince's "This Could Be Us"
On June 23rd, 2014, Minneapolis Star Tribune[7] published an article about Prince's yet-to-be titled upcoming solo album, which featured a quote from the artist saying that one of the tracks in the album, titled "This Could Be Us," was inspired by an image macro parodying a still shot of him and Apollonia Kotero riding on a motorcycle from the 1984 film Purple Rain[6] (shown below).
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] The Daily Dot – #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin is the greatest hashtag
[2] Twitter – @blackgalaxshe
[3] Topsy – #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin
[4] Bossip – #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin Is The Funniest Hashtag Of The Day
[5] AZLyrics- That Could Be Us
[6] Pitchfork- Prince Reveals New Solo Album Featuring Song Inspired by #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin Meme
[7] The Star Tribune- A late-night taste of Prince's new music
[8] Urban Dictionary- This Could Be Us But You Playing
[9] Facebook- This could be us but you playing
[10] Complex- To the Grave: Time to End the "This Could Be Us, But You…" Meme
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![Prince - THIS COULD BE US [OFFICIAL AUDIO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DcHPdfZFW18/hqdefault.jpg "Prince - THIS COULD BE US [OFFICIAL AUDIO]")
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