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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).

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.

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