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Cynthia Erivo Tapping Her Bald Head also known as The Concept of X refers to a reaction GIF trend popular on Twitter / X. The meme sees people pairing the phrase "the concept of" with a grainy, low-resolution GIF of actress Cynthia Erivo giving an interview and tapping her head with her long nails while she thinks about a question. The GIF is typically used to discuss an idea or concept that tickles the poster's mind, with some popular iterations including, "the concept of knowing everything at 18 but nothing at 22," and "the concept of being unemployed and watching movies all day."

Origin

On January 7th, 2025, Cynthia Erivo attended the National Board Review awards ceremony to accept the NBR Spotlight Award for her role in Wicked (2024).^[1] X^[2] account @PopCrave recording Erivo being interviewed by the NBR on the runway and posted a video of her tapping her forehead as she tried to recollect the movies she saw in 2024. The video was posted to Twitter / X on January 7th, gathering over 4,000 likes in three months.

Cynthia Erivo tries to remember her favorite films of 2024 at the NBR Awards. pic.twitter.com/rr0vEIwWoK

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 8, 2025

A GIF showing her tapping her head was posted to Tenor^[3] on January 7th by @pkberger123, however, the earliest notable use of the GIF alongside the phrase "the concept of" is a January 14th, 2025 post by X^[4] user @samscruelsummer that reads, "the concept of knowing everything at 18 but nothing at 22." The post referenced lyrics from the Taylor Swift song "Nothing New," and gathered over 150,000 likes in three months.

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On February 14th, 2025, X^[5] user @earthlykisssed tweeted the GIF of Cynthia Erivo tapping her head alongside text that read, "the concept of giving twitter oomfs your instagram handle but not instagram oomfs your twitter handle." The post gathered over 48,000 likes in two months.

On March 9th, X^[6] user @loverb0ybutch posted the GIF alongside text that read, "the concept of falling asleep and waking up next to your lover," gathering over 100,000 likes in a month.

On March 30th, X^[7] user @ClNEMANYA tweeted, "the concept of being unemployed and watching movies all day," gathering over 100,000 likes in two weeks.

On April 2nd, X^[8] user @namieslesbiana tweeted, "the concept of hating them for what they did to you but missing them like a little kid," gathering over 38,000 likes in two weeks.

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