About

Day 1, 2, 3 No Lean refers to an ironic series of memes where the phrasal template "Day X No Lean," "X" most often being a number between one and three, is used over an image of a person or character showing an emotion that implies they've stopped taking lean or purple drank. The format is inspired by a December 2020 Instagram post by rapper Kasher Quon and became increasingly popularized in late 2021 and early 2022 alongside the I Love Lean!!! format. In February 2022, the format inspired video edits on YouTube where internet celebrities and characters document their journey getting off lean.

Origin

Around December 11th, 2020, rapper Kasher Quon posted a selfie to his Instagram Story captioned, "Day 2 no lean 😂💀🥺" The image was reposted by Instagram^[1] page incellectuuls and iFunny^[2] user deftones (shown below) on December 11th and 15th respectively.

Spread

On August 12th, 2021, Instagram^[4] user memixes posted a meme slideshow video from now-deleted TikToker @poopvato, gaining over 24,000 views in seven months. On October 11th, Instagram^[5] user cbtyoungboy posted an edit of Seong Gi-hun's face from "_Squid Game" adding the catpion (shown below, left). It was reposted by Instagram^[6] user inhalemybees the next day, gaining over 54,700 likes in five months. On October 25th, Instagram^[7] user severalkindsofmeme posted a version of the meme adding the quote to a "Charli D'amelio": post, gaining over 1,300 likes in five months (shown below, right). It was reposted to Instagram^[8] page sonoilkingdelledruoghe that December, gaining over 45,000 likes in three months.

The format also spread to TikTok. On December 13th, TikToker^[9] @haydenhartmeier posted a video showing himself unable to lift a barbell after day one of no lean, gaining over a million views in three months (shown below, left). On February 10th, TikToker^[10] @salfanpage69 posted a video joking that Robery Downey Jr. was sentenced to two days no lean, gaining over 2.2 million views in a month (shown below, right).

In February 2022 the format spread to YouTube. On February 21st, 2022, YouTuber^[3] Meme zee posted a comedy video where streamer iShowSpeed quits documents himself quitting lean, titled "Day 1 No Lean," gaining over 819,000 views in a week (shown below).

The video inspired similar edits on YouTube over the following days. On February 22nd, YouTuber GodSlicky posted a version using Nikocado Avocado footage, gaining over 21,000 views in a week (shown below, left). On February 26th, YouTuber SubToMe posted a similar video using the Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny format, gaining over 180,000 views in five days (shown below, right).

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