Editorial - Interviews - Page 7 | Know Your Meme
  1. Daxflame pictured in a recent image, left, and Dax from his Superman meme video, right. interviews

    Daxflame Recaps His Early Rise As One Of YouTube's Top Content Creators And What His Plans Are For The Year Ahead

    Once among the top 20 YouTubers, Dax's journey has seen him appear in Hollywood films, become a published author and even a game show host. We chat with him to recap his story and see what he's up to now.

  2. Brittany Tomlinson, the Kombucha Girl, from the Trying Kombucha for the First Time meme next to a recent portrait. interviews

    Brittany Tomlinson Recounts Going Viral With The ‘Trying Kombucha’ Meme And How Getting Fired From Her Banking Job Launched Her Career As A Content Creator

    In August 2019, Tomlinson's reaction to trying kombucha was seemingly everywhere online, so we sat down with her to learn more about how it all happened, and what she's been up to since.

  3. Maggie Goldenberger from the Ermahgerd meme with the original image, left, and a modern image, right. interviews

    Maggie Goldenberger Reflects On Her Experience Becoming The ‘Ermahgerd’ Meme, And Why She Ultimately Learned To Love It

    Back in the earliest days of meme characters in the early 2010s, Goldenberger's childhood photo was transformed into the Ermahgerd meme. We chat about what it was like, and how she feels about it all nearly a decade later.

  4. Lessons In Meme Culture logo and avatar image on a background of memes. interviews

    Lessons In Meme Culture Sits Down To Chat About The Story Behind His YouTube Channel And What Memes May Look Like In The Near Future

    Carving out a space for himself in the crowded world of YouTubers, we interviewed the Australian man of memes to learn more about how he got his start educating the world on internet culture, and what might be next.

  1. Zoe Roth posing with her iconic photo from the Disaster Girl meme. interviews

    Zoe Roth Explains What It Was Like Growing Up As “Disaster Girl” And How The Meme Impacted Her Over The Last 15 Years

    Few among us can say they're a famous meme, but even fewer grew up alongside their image as it became an internet sensation. We sat down with Disaster Girl to hear what it was like to grow up as a meme.

  2. The original Surprised Pikachu meme, left, and an image of its creator Angela, right. interviews

    Surprised Pikachu’s Creator Tells Us The Story Behind The Meme And Debunks The Theory That It Was A Stealth Marketing Scheme

    We speak with Angela, creator of the meme, to hear more about the backstory and its impact on meme culture, as well as the truth behind claims that it was some sort of covert marketing conspiracy.

  3. Kirbizia's avatar image overlaid on the characters of Dogelore. interviews

    Kirbizia, Creator Of Dogelore, OBR And Other Iconic Subreddits, Shares How She Helped To Influence The Current Meme Landscape Through Absurdist Humor

    To learn more about the rise of absurdist, shitpost-style memes that have gone from obscure to mainstream in the last few years, we spoke with Kirbizia to hear about her engrossing history of influencing meme culture.

  4. Thurston Waffles cat meme original image next to a photo of Thursty in kill mode. interviews

    Famed Internet Cat Thurston Waffles And His Owner Matt Recap How The Pair Meowed Their Way Into Memedom

    In the last year or so, Thurston Waffles has become a bit of an internet sensation after his distinctive meow became the subject of numerous memes and remixes around the web. We spoke with his owner to learn how Thurston’s meow became ... "the cat’s meow."

  1. Minette from the original CatJAM / Vibing Cat meme, left, and Mick Lagi, right. interviews

    Mick Lagi, Accidental Creator Of The CatJAM And Vibing Cat Meme, Explains How His Friend’s Cat Minette Wound Up As One Of 2020’s Biggest Memes

    From Twitch emote to viral video and meme, the originator of the CatJAM and Vibing Cat meme shares the tale of how he and his friend's cat incidentally sparked an internet sensation.

  2. Bilal Göregen From The “Cat Vibing to Street Musician's Ievan Polkka” Meme, left, and a photo of him in Istanbul, right. interviews

    Bilal Göregen From The “Cat Vibing to Street Musician's Ievan Polkka” Meme Fills Us In On What It’s Like To Become An Internet Celebrity Overnight

    After finding himself a prominent figure in a CatJAM meme spin-off, blind Turkish street musician Bilal Göregen shares his experience of becoming a viral sensation.

  3. Batzorig Vaanchig from his famous song Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal / Ode to Chinggis Khaan used in Mongolian Throat Singing memes, left, and a picture of him in his studio next to morin khuur and other instruments. interviews

    Batzorig Vaanchig, One Of The World’s Preeminent Khoomei Artists, Shares His Experience With Becoming The Face Of The Mongolian Throat Singing Meme

    Back in 2015, Vaanchig's music and likeness became known among the internet world through a series of obscure memes. To learn more about how this online phenomenon surrounding Vaanchig impacted him, we caught up with the legend himself to hear more about his backstory and what he makes of the memes.

  4. Mememaker Spotlight: Bearbubb interviews

    Mememaker Spotlight: Bearbubb

    Making it to the top with images in the world where video memes are king, Bearbubb built his huge following with memes that subvert expectations and go beyond formats - and by always staying true to his sense of humor.