The Song / That One Part That Kinda Sucks

About

The Song / That One Part That Kinda Sucks or The Song / The Part That X refers to a series of memes that demonstrate two reactions to the same song, one general and the other to a specific part of the song. The exploitable image macro format gained virality on X / Twitter in mid-July 2024.

Origin

On July 12th, 2024, X^[1] / Twitter user @Iisphan posted a drawing depicting two reactions to the same song, one to the entire song and the other to a specific part "that kinda sucks." The post (shown below) garnered over 20,000 reposts and 189,000 likes in four days.

Spread

In the following days, users on X / Twitter quoted the post, bringing up examples of songs that the image could be applied to.

For example, on July 12th, 2024, X^[2] user @hissinglawn wrote "kpop songs when its time for the inevitable rap section," with the post gaining over 5,900 reposts and 57,000 likes in four days (shown below, left). Later that day, X^[3] user @dyIanbonito replied, "Any song with sex sounds…," with the quote post (shown below, right) accruing over 11,000 reposts and 195,000 likes in four days.

On July 12th, X^[4] user @An0MaHous3 posted the earliest found edit of the image, recaptioning it with a similar joke, with the post accumulating over 380 reposts and 3,400 likes in four days (shown below, left). Later that day, X^[5] user @ChrisCrossSauce posted a meme inspired by the original image that gained over 25,000 reposts and 171,000 likes within the same timeframe (shown below, right).

More humorous artworks based on the image were shared by users on X / Twitter in mid-July 2024.

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