About

I'm Not a Model But is a series of TikTok videos in which users humble brag bout not being a model but then reveal multiple glamour shots taken of them to the song "Let Me Know" by American rapper Juice WRLD. The videos became popular in October 2019 when many TikTok users posted a ironic iterations in which they show unflattering pictures.

Origin

On March 13th, 2018, American Rapper Juice WRLD released the official audio for "Let Me Know (I Wonder Why Freestyle)" to YouTube (shown below). The video gained over 5.6 million views and 129,000 likes in a year.

On September 24th, 2019, TikTok @calebs.visuals uploaded the "Let Me Know" sound clip and used the sound to make a video that shows off his photography using the opening line "I'm not a model but" (shown below). The video garnered over 514,300 likes and 15,600 shares in a month.

Spread

On October 9th, 2019, TikTok user @jewduh uploaded a version in which he shows off nice pictures of himself and accumulated over 161,700 likes and 5,400 shares in a week (shown below, left). The next day, TikTok user @zoelaverne uploaded an ironic version which received over 569,600 likes and 7,700 shares in six days (shown below, center). On October 11th, TikTok user @bigpoppapasta also shares a popular ironic version (shown below, right). The video gained over 412,800 likes and 47,300 shares in five days.

That same day, Twitter user @ZACHSVOGUE^[1] shared an ironic version of the videos by simply posting unflattering pics with the caption "im not a model or anything but heres some pics 🔥🔥🔥🔥" (shown below, left). October 13th, @araqnaphobia^[2] tweeted sincerely with pictures of herself with the caption "I'm not a model but here are some pics my friends took of me #um #hashtags #twitter #imnewtothis" (shown below, right).

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