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Alex Goldschmidt @alexandergold people: are you ok? me: yeah i'm ok :) my earphones: All Too Well Taylor Swift 3:20 2:09 volume: | 100% 2:03 PM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter Web App

@LaDiana People: Are you okay? Me: yes My headphones: Need You Now - Lady Antebellum -3:56 1:04 II U volume: | 100% Twitter for Android 9:23 AM Oct 16, 2019

cali @dyketana my mom: are u okay? me: i'm okay! my headphones: I Feel Pretty/Unpretty (Glee Cast Version) 0:23- 3:47 Il U IID volume: 100% 1:59 PM Oct 15, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

@kyuntent someone: "are you sure you're okay? me: "yes..." my headphones: Jeongwoo, Yedam, Junkyu LAST DANCE 0:29 2:41 100% Volume: Twitter for Android 6:28 AM Oct 13, 2019

sad yeehaw @deadlyempath someone: "you okay?" me: "yeah im fine haha" my headphones: siouxsie sioux - love crime 2:00 5:01 - - Il Volume: 100% 4:45 AM Oct 12, 2019 Twitter for Android

monica hope @knowmecamino people: are you ok? me: yeah i'm ok my headphones: know me the band camino 1:27 -2:20 volume: | 100% 1:14 PM Oct 15, 2019 from Brooklyn, NY Twitter for iPhone

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About

My Headphones refers to a snowclone popular on Twitter in which people joke about the music they are blasting at full volume in their headphones. Usually, this is set up by a person saying their "fine," with the music portraying their actual, darker emotional state.

Origin

On September 24th, 2019, Twitter user @GoothAngel^[1] tweeted a Spanish-language tweet in which a person asks them if they're doing okay and they say yes while they are actually listening to Three Days Grace's "I Hate Everything About You" (shown below).

Deusa Emo forçada do role @GoothAngel -vc superou ne? eu: sim kkkkk *no fone de ouvido* Three Days Grace - I hate everything about you 0:30 3:40 Volume 100% 11:32 PM Sep 24, 2019 Twitter for Android

Spread

Over the following several weeks, the snowclone grew more popular as people made variations with numerous songs. Popular examples include a tweet by @sanaorbits about the K-pop band TWICE that gained over 1,200 retweets and 3,900 likes (shown below, left) and a tweet by @hestylesdebut gained over 4,900 retweets and 23,000 likes (shown below, right).

voldemort @sanaorbits me: wearing all black with a serious expression my headphones: TWICE - Jelly Jelly 1:00 - 3:35 Volume: 100% 6:02 PM Oct 8, 2019 Twitter for iPhone >

mac @hestylesdebut people: are you ok? me: yeah i'm ok my earphones: lights up harry styles 1:04 2:52 Il D volume: |100% 10:52 PM Oct 14, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

On October 16th, Mashable^[2] covered the meme, including examples from @caitlinblunnie (shown below, left) and @margielamuse (shown below, right), which gained over 2,800 and 660 likes, respectively.

Caitlin @caitlinblunnie my friends: you okay? me: yeah I'm fine my headphones: Rilo Kiley A Better Son/Daughter 0:35 -4:04 volume: 100% 2:45 PM Oct 15, 2019 Twitter Web App

LEXI @margielamuse people: are you okay me: yeah i'm fine my headphones: afraid- the neighbourhood 3:45 1:04 Il volume: 100% 2:53 PM Oct 14, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

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External References

^[1] Twitter – GoothAngel

^[2] Mashable – Sad song aficionados, the 'my headphones' meme is for you

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