Bee Raising Eyebrows

About

Bee Raising Eyebrows refers to a CapCut template and TikTok meme that shows a cartoon, baby bee looking surprised and then raising its eyebrows multiple times, ending its expression with a kissy face. The meme expressed approval from the meme's subject over a specific object or concept. The original video was made using a "Bee" Snapchat filter called "Bee Lens" and uploaded to TikTok in mid-2022. The template trended en masse in early 2023 and predominantly used two TikTok sounds: the song "Blicky" by Fresh X Reckless and the RXK Nephew, RX Papi and DJ Smokey song "Who Am I" which had the prominent producer tag, Holy Shit, This Some Hot Garbage, But I Can't Stop Listening.

Origin

Starting in June 2022, TikTokers^[1] started making content using a Snapchat^[2] filter called "Bee Lens" that showed the video's creator as a small, cute and floating baby bumblebee.

On July 7th, 2022, TikToker^[3] @stomp_ posted a video that used the filter and showed themself looking surprised, raising their eyebrows multiple times and then making a kissy face. The video had text reading, "me cause you the finest mf on this entire planet," and over the course of eight months, it received roughly 896,400 plays and 146,000 likes (shown below, left). Due to the video's virality, a commenter asked for the video to be cropped. On July 7th, 2022, the TikToker^[4] posted a cropped version to their secondary account @stompscrops, earning roughly 17,200 plays and over 630 likes in eight months (shown below, right).

Spread

Going into 2022, TikTokers used the cropped video to make their own content with the bee raising its eyebrows. For instance, the first known variant usage of the video was uploaded on July 12th, 2022, by TikToker^[5] @justwitami, earning roughly 4,900 plays in eight months (shown below, left). Going into late 2022, the video got moldier and lower quality. For instance, on September 23rd, 2022, TikToker^[6] @a.train8 posted a version that used a sound that said, "Shimmy shimmy yeah, shimmy yeah, shimmy ya… Drank, swalalala," earning roughly 219,900 plays and 9,500 likes in six months (shown below, right).

On November 13th, 2022, TikToker^[7] @harrystyles_.bestie posted a meme using the "Swalala" version, including text that read, "What's your Roblox Password backwards?" The video gained roughly 4.2 million plays and 317,300 likes four months (shown below). Reposts of the video also went viral on YouTube^[8] where it gained roughly 4.3 million views in the same time period.

CapCut Template

Starting in late February 2023, TikTokers started using a CapCut^[9] template called "Hello?!?" made by CapCut user @cookie that used the Bee Raising Eyebrows video. Currently, the earliest known video to use the template was uploaded by TikToker^[10] @mayo.dio on February 24th, 2023, and referenced the anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Over the course of 20 days, the video received roughly 37,800 plays and 7,000 likes (shown below).

On March 10th, 2023, multiple TikTokers posted videos that used the template and the song "Blicky" by Fresh X Reckless. The most viral iteration posted on that day was posted by TikToker^[11] @qxgofficial and referenced the game NBA2K. It received roughly 655,600 plays and 109,200 likes in six days (shown below, left). Also on March 10th, multiple TikTokers posted videos that used the template but included a different TikTok sound, namely, the song "Who Am I" by RXK Nephew, RX Papi and DJ Smokey. The most viral iteration posted on that day was posted by TikToker^[12] @250isaiah, gaining roughly 674,900 plays and 105,100 likes in six days (shown below, right).

Over the course of roughly three weeks, the CapCut^[9] template gained over 299,000 videos using it on TikTok.

Various Examples

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