About

"Day 'n' Nite" Animations refers to an exploitable meme template used in a series of animations in which four characters perform an a capella version of the Kid Cudi song "Day 'n' Nite." The animations, which emerged online in June 2023, usually serve to parody characters from a specific franchise, with each one acting and singing in a way that aligns with their character. The character on the far right will be ignoring the other three and playing a video game.

Origin

On June 4th, 2023, TikToker^[1] SkyscraperScamper posted the original version of the meme, which featured four characters from Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse performing an a capella version of "Day 'n' Nite. The video gained over 251,000 likes in three weeks (shown below).

Spread

On June 10th, 2023, Twitter user UMJAMMERAPHIE^[2] took credit for the template and posted a blank version, gaining over 740 retweets and 4,100 likes in 12 days (shown below).

i'm the person who made the day and night template :-3> !! here's the blank, it was supposed to be so you can put whatever gameplay in it you want ,':-3 pic.twitter.com/KRgTgY8Doy

— howl 🌻🌤 FUTURE MIKEY REALNESS (@UMJAMMERAPHIE) June 10, 2023

The same day, YouTuber Cartoonimations^[3] then posted a video in which four characters from Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse perform an a capella version of "Day 'n' Nite." The video gained over 3.76 million views and 278,000 likes in just over 1 month (shown below).

Over the following two weeks, multiple YouTubers adopted the template and used it to fit characters of various franchises. On June 12th, 2023, valenpam^[5] posted a variation featuring characters from Omori, gaining over 41,200 views and 3,300 likes in just over 1 month days (shown below, left). On June 16th, RHVGamer^[6] posted a variation featuring characters from Kirby, gaining over 78,200 views and 2,100 likes in just under 1 month (shown below, right).

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