About

The Funeral Stud, also known as Lord I Got Some Things I Need to Say and 1, 2, 3, Release 'Em (or One, Two, Three, Release 'Em), refers to a clip of female rapper and singer Neace Robinson performing her song "I Wished that Heaven Had a Phone" at a funeral. Internet users on TikTok labeled Robinson a "stud," an LGBTQ+ slang term for a masculine Black lesbian. Notably, she's heard passionately singing in the clip, "Lord, I got some things I need to say," and "1, 2, 1, 2, 3, release 'em!" which signaled for everyone to release balloons.

The original video was shared on TikTok by Robinson on her account @neacedagr8 in early November 2025, although she originally released "I Wished that Heaven Had a Phone" and its music video in 2019. The 2025 clip became an exploitable green-screen video element in video caption memes and its TikTok sound inspired lip dubs.

Origin

On November 2nd, 2025, rapper Neace Robinson shared a video on her TikTok^[1] account, @neacedagr8, of herself performing her 2019 song "I Wished that Heaven Had a Phone"^[2] at a funeral. She's seen wearing a white snapback, bow tie, green flannel and chain with a pendant reading, "Team Neace."

She's heard harmonizing over the song's intro, singing, "Lord, I got some things I need to say," and, "One, two, one, two, three, release 'em." When she says the latter line, the funeral attendees release balloons. Over three weeks, the video received over 2.9 million likes.

Spread

On November 14th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @itsdevinebtw posted a video caption meme using the clip of Robinson performing at the funeral, focused on her singing, "Lord, I got some things I need to say." The caption read, "When I ask for money and my parents asked what happened to all my money but I'm either wearing it or ate it." Over 11 days, the video received roughly 671,600 likes.

On November 20th, TikToker^[4] @linok2u posted a video caption meme of herself lip dubbing the 1, 2, 3, Release 'Em soundbite, captioned, "When I finished a test and it's time to see what I scored on." Over five days, the video gained over 1.2 million likes.

On November 22nd, 2025, Twitter / X ^[6] user @choycebrown tweeted, "1 2 3 RELEASE EM," gaining over 29,000 likes in three days.

On November 24th, TikToker^[5] @btanetworkofficial shared a video of a Roblox avatar resembling Neace Robinson recreating the original video. Over one day, it gained over 485,200 likes.

On November 25th, 2025, X^[7] user @K4TS3YE shared a clip of members of the female pop group KATSEYE referencing the 1, 2, 3, Release 'Em clip on stage. In a day, the video garnered over 6,100 likes.

1 2, 1 2 3 RELEASE EMpic.twitter.com/tM5CA7IYWz https://t.co/m69WeHjcmD

— hanna (@K4TS3YE) November 25, 2025

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