Aye Domino

About

Aye Domino is a copypasta meme referencing the lyrics of the song "Domino" by K-pop group Stray Kids. In 2021, a fake DM exchange in which group member Han Jisung messages a fan account to ask them to take down a tweet, attempting to prove himself as the real Jisung by commenting "aye domino," started spreading online, becoming a reaction image and inspiring the use of "aye domino" as a catchphrase and spam comment over the following years. In August 2024, the copypasta went viral on TikTok.

Origin

On August 23rd, 2021, Stray Kids released the song "Domino," which features the lyric, "Aye, domino" (shown below).

On December 27th, 2021, X^[1] user @qiqilix posted a fake DM screenshot of someone pretending to be Bang Chan from Stray Kids and begging someone to delete a tweet, the user writing, "this is worse than the han aye domino one." This is the earliest known reference to the "aye domino" meme, suggesting it first started going around social media that year, although it is unclear where.

The earliest known upload of the actual meme was posted by X^[2] user @loveofmark on March 1st, 2023, garnering around six likes in a year (shown below). In the meme, the fake Han Jisung asks "stay" to delete a tweet, which seemingly suggests that he is DMing a fan page, as the fandom for Stray Kids is called "STAY."^[3]

Spread

The meme gained viral spread throughout 2023 and 2024, inspiring further memes. On July 10th, 2023, X^[4] user @moatoons posted the text of the meme, garnering over 500 likes in a year.

On February 4th, 2024, Magnum Opus posted the meme to Quora,^[5] garnering over 430 upvotes in six months. On July 11th, X^[6] user @lixiesflower posted a parody of the meme, garnering over 5,000 likes in a month (shown below).

In August 2024, memes using the phrase "aye domino" along with an original sound where a segment of "Domino" in which "aye domino" is sung repeatedly went viral on TikTok. "Aye domino" also became a popular spam comment on the app.

On August 5th, 2024, TikToker^[7] @dominos_uki posted a video starting with the original meme and followed with a photoshop of Han Jisung in a Domino's uniform, garnering over 800,000 views in four days (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker^[8] @jimin.tbh posted a video encouraging viewers to comment "aye domino" under Ice Spice's latest post, garnering over 1.2 million views in four days (shown below, right).

Also on August 5th, X^[9] user @luvch0erry posted, "That aye domino thing is the unfunniest shit I've ever seen," garnering over 1,000 likes in the same span of time. On August 6th, the official @duolingo TikTok^[10] account posted a meme encouraging viewers to comment "aye domino" under their next post, garnering over 4.5 million views in three days (shown below).

On August 7th, 2024, the official Strawberry Shortcake TikTok^[11] page posted a similar meme to Duolingo's, garnering over a million views in two days (shown below).

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