About

"I Am The One" is a Vine video remix series using an audio clip from the 2015 hip hop song "Ultimate" by Denzel Curry. Many of the videos contain footage of people delivering insults, performing impressive stunts or displaying confidence accompanied by the sunglasses drop animation from the "Deal With It" GIF series.

Origin

On June 9th, 2015, the hip hop track "Ultimate" by Denzel Curry was released on the rapper's debut double EP 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms.

"I am the one, don't weigh a ton,
Don't need a gun to get respect up on the street"

On February 6th, 2016, Viner Stop It, Joe posted a short clip from the cartoon The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack with the hook from "Ultimate" heard playing in the background (shown below). Within three months, the video gained over 8.6 million loops, 212,000 likes and 80,000 revines.

Spread

On February 23rd, Viner okay jack uploaded a clip from the 2003 animated children's film Finding Nemo with "Ultimate" playing in the background (shown below, left). On February 26th, Viner michael k uploaded a video of a classroom argument featuring the "Ultimate" hook dubbed at the end of the clip (shown below, right). Over the the next three months, the videos received more than 4.4 million and 6.9 million loops respectively.

On March 11th, the Best Vine Compilation YouTube channel posted a montage of "I Am The One" Vines, gathering more than 450,000 views and 560 comments in the next two months (shown below, left). On March 23rd, the Top Vines YouTube channel posted another "I Am The One" compilation video (shown below, right).

Various Examples

Additional examples are featured on the "I Am The One" Vine trends page.^[1]

Search Interest

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