I Got No iPhone

About

I Got No iPhone is a 2009 song by Parry Gripp that went viral in 2010 in association with a fan-made music video produced on the Nintendo DSi software Flipnote Studio. In 2021, the song saw a resurgence in popularity, associated with video edits featuring Monster (aka Lemon Demon) from the video game Friday Night Funkin' (FNF).

Origin

On April 25th, 2009, the band Parry Gripp posted their song "I Got No iPhone" to YouTube^[1] (shown below). The song features satirical lyrics about someone wanting to kill themselves because they don't have an Apple iPhone and came at a time when the hype around iPhones and smartphones was just starting to rise.

I hate my life and I wanna die
I ain't got no iPhone
My heart is breakin', thinkin' suicide
I ain't got no iPhone

I hate my life and I wanna die
I ain't got no iPhone
My heart is breakin', thinkin' suicide
I ain't got no iPhone

Like a boat capsizin'
No hope on the horizon
Got a two-year contract,
And I'm stuck on Verizon!

I got no iPhone I hate my life and I wanna die
(I got no iPhone)
It's 2009 people. And everyone should have an iPhone.
(I got no iPhone)
(My heart is breakin', thinkin' suicide)
(I got no iPhone)
Aww
I got no iPhone.

On July 7th, 2010, YouTuber^[2] EthanxXxGore posted an animated music video for the song made using the Nintendo DSi's animation application Flipnote Studio, also sharing it on Flipnote Hatena. The video gained over 1.8 million views in roughly 10 years (shown below). On July 20th, YouTuber FlipNoteStudio2010 uploaded the video, garnering an additional 1.8 million views and crediting FlipNote Studio creator "badfrog 12" as the creator.

Spread

On June 28th, 2010, YouTuber^[3] Julio Beltran uploaded another Flipnote Studio music video for the song made by his friend, garnering over 624,000 views in 10 years (shown below, left).

On February 4th, 2015, YouTuber^[4] DragonArts posted an original animated music video for the song featuring Five Nights at Freddy's characters, garnering over 33 million views in six years (shown below, right).

Lemon Demon Ain't Got No iPhone

On March 29th, 2021 Twitter^[5] user @BassettFilms, a Newgrounds creator who frequently creates songs and animations for one of the antagonists of Friday Night Funkin' named Monster, or Lemon Head by fans, uploaded an animation featuring Lemon Head's head and a version of "I Ain't Got No iPhone" in the FNF battle-rap style (shown below).

People began making animations and memes to the song that day. For example, Twitter^[6] user @BlazingT7 commented with a lyric video for the song that day, garnering over 15,000 views in a week (shown below). That night, Game Banana^[7] user Dra9on5 posted a mod for FNF that adds the song to the game.

Video edits based on Lemon Demon's version of "Got No iPhone" quickly increased in number over the following days, many gaining significant attention. For example, on March 29th, YouTuber^[8] Bluesto posted a shitpost lyric video to the song, garnering over 674,000 views in a week (shown below, left). On the same day, YouTuber^[9] Gegcoin posted a video showing off a mod they made for the song, garnering over 700,000 views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

On March 31st, YouTuber^[10] ZERO ANIMATION posted an original animation featuring the song and Lemon Demon, garnering over 2.1 million views in a week (shown below).

On April 1st, Redditor u/izue4w posted to /r/FridayNightFunkin,^[11] "POV: You ain’t got no iPhone" along with a drawing of Lemon Demon hanged, garnering over 970 upvotes in five days (shown below).

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