Avril Lavigne wearing a backward cap

"Sk8er Boi"

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"Sk8er Boi" is a 2002 song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne from her debut album Let Go. The song's lyrics tell the story of a snobby girl who rejected a punk in high school. Online, the lyrics "he was a skater boy, she said see ya later boy" and "he was a boy she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious" were often remixed or used as captions for images parodying the song.

Origin

On August 27th, 2002, Avril Lavigne released her second single "Sk8er Boi." On March 9th, 2020, she uploaded the official music video to YouTube (shown below). The video gained over 174 million views and one million likes in 10 years.



Spread

On March 9th, 2016, Twitter user @EYEEMOJI[1] captioned an image of Spongebob on a skateboard and DoodleBob with "he was a skater boy he said me hoy minoy" (shown below, left). The tweet garnered over 2,500 likes and 1,800 retweets in four years. On June 1st, Tumblr[2] user vinvonvoss uploaded a Dat Boi meme referencing the song and received over 132,500 notes in four years (shown below, right).


Lebron James @EYEEMOJI he was a skater boy he said me hoy minoy 10:57 PM · Mar 9, 2016 · Twitter for iPhone here come dat sk8r boi 菲 o s--- cya 18r boi

He Was a Punk She Did Ballet

On May 13th, 2020, Twitter users began pairing images with the lyrics "He was a punk/ she did ballet" after Twitter user @fuxkingdeathwiz[4] posted two images of rats as a ballerina and a punk (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 165,700 likes and 42,200 retweets in two days. The next day, Twitter @IsaidSoDidntI[5] used the lyrics to caption characters from Edward Scissorhands (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 200 likes in a day. StayHipp[3] published an article on the trend.


mags⚡👻 @fuxkingdeathwiz · May 13 He was a punk            she did ballet Amy G @IsaidSoDidntI · May 14 He was a punk               She did ballet

Various Examples


justin @farringt0n · Sep 6, 2019 cultural impact:     █                █             █             █                     _ sk8er                    the   boi                   beatles WHO WOULD WIN? one sk8er boi one see you later boi can I make it anymore obvious? uork Cimcs TOP STORIES FOR YOU MOST POPULAR OPINIO He Drove Her to the Hospital. She Gave Him the Coronavirus. he was a skater boy she said see ya later boy He was a skater boy she said see ya later boy IMS DUCATICO 4S5

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External References

[1] Twitter – EYEEMO

[2] Tumblr – vinonvoss

[3] StayHipp – He Was a Punk She Did Ballet

[4] Twitter – fuxkingdeathwiz

[5] Twitter – IsaidSoDidntI

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Molemanninethousand
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The best one IMO:

Also good on the person who added this, as it's a definite classic, and while it would have been preferable had it been accounted for here sooner, at least the extremely belated addition hasn't occurred only in light of some recent real-life event. A distressing amount of pre-current figures and media end up getting pages here when and only when the person dies.

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