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Emma Roberts Smile or Emma Roberts Smiling refers to a series of image macro memes originating on TikTok using an image of actress Emma Roberts smiling awkwardly at the Valentino AW23 show. The video was posted to TikTok in March 2023 and the image of Roberts smiling went viral as a meme in December 2024, with users sharing their most awkward moments over the meme, using Roberts' smile as a reaction image. The meme is usually set to a section of "A Year WIthout Rain" by Selena Gomez & The Scene.

Origin

On March 5th, 2023, the @dazed TikTok^[1] account uploaded a video interviewing Emma Roberts at the Valentino AW23 fashion show, garnering over 77,000 views in a year. In the interview, they ask Roberts what her guilty pleasure is and she says The Real Housewives.

On December 7th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @lizvolsn posted a screenshot from the video using the image to represent their reaction to getting hit with a ball in gym class, garnering over 2.4 million views in five days. This is the earliest known version of the meme.

Spread

The meme format continued to grow over the following days under the same original sound. For example, on December 10th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @sarahhmeanyy posted a version of the meme reading, "me when i'm with my friend and they're talking to someone i don't know so i'm just standing there like this," garnering over 1.6 million views in two days.

That same day, TikToker^[4] @maaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx posted a version of the meme reading, "me after saying a chronically online joke but nobody gets the reference so now i just look insane," garnering over 2.2 million views in two days.

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