She Sells Seashells on the Sea Shore
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She Sells Seashells on the Sea Shore refers to a series of memes based on the second verse of the song "Money Game Part 2" by rapper Ren, which starts with a lyric from the 19th-century tongue twister "she sells seashells on the seashore." The format gained popularity following a meme uniting a cutscene from Super Mario Galaxy with the song.
Origin
On April 16th, 2020, rapper Ren posted a music video for his song "Money Game Part 2" to YouTube (shown below).[1]
She sells seashells on the seashore
But the value of these shells will fall
Doe to the laws of supply and demand
No one wants to buy shells cus there's loads on the sand
The song borrowed its second verse lyric "she sells seashells on the seashore" from a tongue-twister originally published in 1850.[2]
In August 2020, the video received viral spread on iFunny. On August 23rd, iFunny[3][4] user SuperSaiyanEmu reposted the second verse of the song, with the clip gaining over 64,700 smiles on the app in seven months. On August 29th, iFunny[5] user BlorpMan made another repost, gaining over 50,400 smiles in the same period.
The meme did not see further spread until on February 27th, 2021, YouTube[6] user Axema Vales combined the verse with a clip of Luigi talking to Luigi in the Dusty Dune Galaxy level of Super Mario Galaxy (meme shown below, left, origin clip shown below, right).
The Super Mario Galaxy clip saw prior use in memes in 2020.[7]
Spread
In the following week, the video received viral spread online through multiple reposts. On March 4th, 2021, Ren posted the video on his Instagram[8] account. Also on March 4th, Redditor jeremiahn4 posted the lyrics of the verse to the /r/copypasta[9] subreddit.
In the following weeks, the video inspired multiple edits based on the verse, particularly on YouTube. For example, on March 5th, 2021, YouTube[10] user Sharkestry ! posted a Wojak edit that gained over 31,200 views in one month (shown below, left). On March 8th, Redditor[11] Danny-DevitoTrashMan then posted a Doge edit that received over 20,200 upvotes in the /r/dogelore subreddit (reupload shown below, right).
On April 1st, 2021, YouTube[12] channel Lessons in Meme Culture posted a video about the meme explaining what it was.
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External References
[1] YouTube – Ren – Money Game part 2
[2] Wikipedia – Tognue-twister.
[3] TikTok – @mellments
[4] iFunny – SuperSaiyanEmu
[6] YouTube – luigi talks about sea shells
[7] Reddit – The Big Bang theory but awesome
[8] Instagram – renmakesmusic
[9] Reddit – She sells sea shells on the sea shore
[10] YouTube – Ren – Money Game part 2 but I edited in wojaks
[11] Reddit – She sells sea shells rap
[12] YouTube – Why Is Luigi Selling Sea Shells?
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