About

Hello Alex, It Is Me, Your Old Best Friend Luis is a catchphrase used in a series of AI-generated videos where hyper-realistic versions of popular characters read a letter addressed to a person named Alex written by their old best friend, Luis. The original version of the meme was uploaded by TikToker @luis.verified in early January 2026 and went viral over the following months, becoming popularized in March 2026 as the subject of edits and further memes.

Origin

On January 11th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @luis.verified posted an AI-generated video made using Character.AI, in which a hyper-realistic version of Luigi from the Super Mario series reads a message, formatted like a letter, addressed to someone named Alex by their old best friend, Luis. The video gained over 52,000 views in three months.

The artwork of Luigi is created by artist Nuño Benito, and is part of a series of hyper-realistic paintings of Super Mario characters.^[2]

Hello, Alex. It is me, your old best frend Luis. I used to work at Tucker Creek as the art teacher. Remember when you used to go to the art class, and I was there painting a picture? We used to hit the Geek Bars all the time, dude. Remember when we used to play the fidget spinner technique and see if you were circumfixed. I miss you, man. Write back soon. Sincerely, Luis.

The TikToker continued to post video edits featuring the AI Luigi saying the lines over the following months. For example, on February 21st, the TikToker^[3] posted an edit of the Luigi video that gained over 500,000 views in just over a month.

Spread

The Your Old Best Friend Luis meme was popularized on TikTok in March 2026, inspiring further edits and memes as the format spread.

On March 23rd, 2026, TikToker^[4] @hanklank7 posted a video of a button that has been programmed to read the "hello Alex" letter, garnering over 100,000 views in about two weeks.

On March 30th, TikToker^[5] @szybxc posted a video edit based on a version of the meme that features a hyper-realistic Tails rather than Luigi, garnering over 577,000 views in four days.

On March 31st, 2026, TikToker^[6] @unc_xion posted a meme using several videos that follow the trend, using a format similar to the Homer's Guide memes, garnering over 950,000 views in three days.

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