About

Driving Until We Run Out of Gas refers to video title from YouTuber Bunch of Friends that using thumbnail of four people where two of them are pushing the car, one lying down, and the last one looking to camera while posing two thumbs up.

The thumbnail gained popular in mid-April 2026 after Twitter / X user @BleuMoonrise shared the thumbnail and thought it has a potential as an art trend, which artists began to using it as redraw subject to creating fan art of characters.

Origin

On April 11th, 2026, YouTube^[1] user Bunch of Friends uploaded video titled "Driving until we run out of gas" by using thumbnail humorously showing two people trying to push the car, one lying down, and the last posing two thumbs up to the camera. The video received more than 275,000 views in five days.

On the same day, Twitter / X^[2] user @BleuMoonrise shared the thumbnail of the video, with caption "this lowk got potential for an art trend", encouraging other users to using it as drawing reference. The post received more than 56,000 likes in five days.

Spread

The @BleuMoonrise's post gained popular in mid-April 2026 after the artists using the thumbnail as redraw reference. For example on April 12th, 2026, Twitter / X^[3] user @VMUpati uploaded Final Fantasy XV fan art using the thumbnail as reference. The post received more than 8,100 likes in four days.

On the same day, Twitter / X^[4] user @meatabogan uploaded Honkai Star Rail fan art by using the thumbnail as reference. The post received more than 16,000 likes in four days.

On April 13th, 2026, Twitter / X^[5] user @beateaterr uploaded One Piece fan art showing the Straw Hat crews trying to push The Going Merry with caption "Sailing until we sink". The post received more than 6,900 likes in three days.

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