Oh My Goodness I Love This Question

About

Oh My Goodness I Love This Question is a quote from actress Lola Tung stated in an IMDb interview alongside fellow The Summer I Turned Pretty actor Sean Kaufman. The clip of Tung being enthusiastic about a question became a TikTok sound and meme in mid-2023, typically used by video creators on the app to portray excitement about being asked something. The trend gained most of its traction after a green screen CapCut template was made of Tung.

Origin

On July 9th, 2023, the TikTok^[1] account for IMDb posted a video that centered on an interview with actress Lola Tung and actor Sean Kaufman who both star in the TV show The Summer I Turned Pretty. At the beginning of the video, Tung was asked a question to which she portrayed excitement, saying, "Oh my goodness, I love this question," while smiling and darting her eyes. Over the course of two months, the video gained roughly 8.9 million plays and 1.2 million likes (shown below).

The first-known memetic usage of Tung's soundbite was posted by TikToker^[2] @ryleee_edits on August 4th, gaining roughly 160,000 plays and 1,800 likes in one month (shown below).

Spread

On August 17th, 2023, TikToker^[3] @authorelsiesilver posted a video that used a green screen CapCut template, pairing Tung with the caption, "when someone asks me what my books are about," gaining roughly 4.1 million plays and 375,300 likes in three weeks (shown below, left). Thereafter, many video creators used the sound^[4] from @authorelsiesilver's video, such as TikToker^[5] @s46r1na on August 26th, who joked about "me whenever someone asks if they should break up with their boyfriend," gaining roughly 3.2 million plays and 571,600 likes in 12 days (shown below, right).

By September 7th, 2023, the meme's primary TikTok sound^[4] had amassed over 344,300 posts using it.

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