Relaxed Blue Face Max / Don't Leave So Soon
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About
Relaxed Blue Face Max also known as Don't Leave So Soon refers to a series of videos based on an exploitable video template, featuring Max Gilardi's persona's face with his eyes closed, which then fades to an illustration of an angel reaching out to the viewer. The video is typically set to the song Moon by Kanye West. The format was popularized on TikTok in late 2023.
Origin
On October 4th 2023, Max Gilardi, also known as HotDiggedyDemon, posted "I am REBORN! Virtuous, pure and clean as the driven snow! / Ready to be welcomed back into your lives with love and acceptance" and an illustration of an angel reaching out to the viewer, on his @BrainDumpTweets X account, in order to tease his return to YouTube and start of his "Relax With Max" streams, receiving over 10,000 likes and 840 reposts in nearly 3 months (shown below, left). On October 7th, he. posted his new profile picture, also receiving over 10,000 likes and over 620 reposts in nearly 3 months (shown below, right).
On October 8th, X[3] user JoelyMoleyy posted the earliest known instance of the video, in which, Max's profile picture is shown, which then fades to the illustration of the angel, set to the song Moon by Kanye West (shown below). The tweet received over 8,400 likes and 1000 reposts in under 3 months.
— JoelyMoley (@JoelyMoleyy) October 8, 2023
On December 3rd, X[4] user @truekingofcurse posted "How it feels to kill sorcerers with my cool cursed technique", the earliest known instance of the video being recaptioned. The post received 23 likes and 6 retweets in under 1 month.
Spread
While some X and TikTok accounts used the meme format in early December 2023, as seen in posts by X[5] user @crillerz_ and TikTokker[6] @mentallyinsaneperson from December 5th, the next notable use of the meme was posted on December 14th post by TikTokker[7] @roses4wilson, garnering over 200,000 plays and 49,000 likes in ten days (seen below, left). On December 16th, 2023, TikTokker[8] @ridethalightning posted a version of the meme that garnered over 800,000 plays and 160,000 likes in a week (seen below, right).
@roses4wilson Y'all gotta realize there are HUNDREDS THOUSANDS of medias out there, not everyone will be able to get into a game or show from release. If they like it now they probably would've liked it if they simply knew about it earlier! Even if they didn't, there's literally nothing wrong with being new to something. Don't get me wrong it's definitely cool to like something from the start, but let's not make our fandoms a toxic hellhole when it's the thing keeping the franchise alive, coming from someone who's been on both sides. 💉;;Tags #fandom #fandoms #oldfandom #newfan #oldfan #marblehornets #cryoffear #lawoftalos #fnaf #roblox ♬ original sound – 💜🧠🔱WILSON/ALEX/SIMON
@ridethalightning Yep (im the teenager but 5’3) #metalhead #metalmusic #punkrock #thrashmetal #hxcmusic #hxcshow #metalmusician #thrashmetalmusic #deathmetalmusic #metallica #pantera #exodusband #megadeth #pizzathrash #slayer #morbidangel #possessedband #dystopiaband #electricwizard #motorhead ♬ original sound – Alder / Terra🦈 / Trekkr🐙
On December 20th, TikTokker[9] @bubblenabi posted a redraw of the meme featuring Bluey from Bluey, garnering over 400,000 plays and 80,000 likes in three days (seen below, left). On December 22nd, TikTokker[10] @flibbityjibbiting posted an edit of the meme, in which Max is frowning and tinted red, and the angel is changed into a demon. The post garnered over 300,000 plays and 70,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).
@bubblenabi I HAD TO REPOST IT SORRY GUYS.. i forgot my watermark and to add the zoom effect. #dontleavesosoon #bluey #blueyheeler #blueyfanart #blueyheelerfanart #dontleavesosoonmeme #blueytok #silly ♬ original sound – luz
@flibbityjibbiting I made this #dontleavesosoon #hotdiggitydemon #dontleavesosoonmeme #fyp #fy #fypシ ♬ original sound – evan 🌈🌴 | 🏝️💭 | 📱🍪💠
By late December 2023, the meme had traveled to X, as seen in a December 21st, 2023 post by @Gelzazz,[11] and a December 22nd post by @AlphaBergamo.[12]
Various Examples
How it felt doing the geno route in undertale pic.twitter.com/NVvpIEnslq
— Ish ✮ (@Ish_bruhh) December 22, 2023
@thesilliestlenny ITS ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS ISTG #friends #friendship #interests #specialinterests #hyperfixated #moon #dontleavesosoon #kanyewes #viralvideo #dontletthisflop #fyp #fypシ゚viral ♬ Moon – Kanye West
@m4no10 + How he feels after giving Vanessa Garrets airplane x #fnaf #fnafmovie #williamafton #springtrap #dontleavesosoon #fyp #maxg #hotdiggedydemon #procreate #capcut ♬ original sound – TheChiknMan (but festive)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] X – BrainDumpTweets
[2] X – BrainDumpTweets
[3] X – JoelyMoleyy
[4] X – truekingofcurse
[6] TikTok – mentallyinsaneperson
[7] TikTok – roses4wilson
[8] TikTok – ridethalightning
[9] TikTok – bubblenabi
[10] TikTok – flibbityjibbiting
[12] X – AlphaBergamo