From the Screen πΊ To the Ring π₯ To the Pen ποΈ To the King π
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About
From the Screen πΊ To the Ring π₯ To the Pen ποΈ To the King π is a copypasta based on a lyric from YouTuber KSI's 2024 song "Thick of It". Following the poor reception of the song by general public, the copypasta gained popularity as a spam comment and as a way to troll KSI on social media.
Origin
On October 3rd, 2024, YouTuber KSI's rap song "Thick of It" featuring Trippie Red premiered on YouTube[1] and music streaming services. In the song, KSI raps about his life journey, with the lyric "From the screen to the ring to the pen to the king" referencing him starting his career as a gaming YouTuber and then expanding to boxing and music and reaching success. The music video (shown below) garnered over 15 million views on YouTube in eight days.
In the wake of KSI's recent Lunchly controversy, the song was received poorly online, inspiring various memes mocking it. For example, on October 3rd, 2024, TikTok[2] user @marquitos.g posted a parody video captioned "How KSI felt in the studio singing this" which received over 29.9 million views and 3.1 million likes in eight days (shown below).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7421302734051216683
Later on October 3rd, Redditor unsignificant figure posted the TikTok to the /r/ksi subreddit, pairing it with an emoji-filled copypasta based on the "From the screen" lyric. The post (shown below) garnered over 6,600 upvotes in eight days.
From the screen πΊ to the ring π₯ to the pen ποΈ to the king π! Whereβs my crown π π€·ββοΈ thatβs my bling π π€ always trouble π when I ring π
Spread
In the following week, of the copypasta saw viral spread online as they were used as a spam comment, and with users replying with it to KSI's posts on X / Twitter as a way of trolling the YouTuber. For example, on October 8th, X[3] user @RoarWeb3 posted a version of the copypasta in a reply to KSI's post, gaining over 1,400 reposts and 149,000 likes in three days (shown below).
Additionally, the lyric appeared in various edits on TikTok and YouTube. For example, on October 9th, 2024, TikTok[4] user @timonsdream posted a Demon Slayer meme in which protagonist Tanjiro Kamado performs the song in the studio before being cut off. The post (shown below) received over 91,000 views and 20,000 likes on TikTok in two days.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7424162901201521962
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External References
[1] YouTube β KSI β Thick Of It (feat. Trippie Redd) [Official Music Video]
[2] TikTok β https://www.tiktok.com/@marquitos.g/video/7421302734051216683
[4] TikTok β @timonsdream
![KSI - Thick Of It (feat. Trippie Redd) [Official Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/At8v_Yc044Y/hqdefault.jpg "KSI - Thick Of It (feat. Trippie Redd) [Official Music Video]")
![ksi @KSI β’ Oct 8 Omfg, he deleted the tweet I cba. Why does everyone hate me?!?!? how y'all feel about this new song? cc for the culture β @iCurateCulture. 1d KSI - Thick Of It (feat. Trippie Redd) 17:40 7/10/2024 32K Views 40 17 32 Most relevant replies 214 ε£ 24 CC ] 3.9K t 1.3K 43K ili 7.9M duck @ExtremeBlitz___ to the king! Where's when I ring From the screen to the ring my crown that's my bling to the pen always trouble 2:20 PM Oct 8, 2024 354K Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/923/489/4b3.jpg "Why does everyone hate me?!?!?")
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