Wala Na. Finish Na.

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About

Wala Na. Finish Na. is a catchphrase by Bethoven Delmar Jr. on his interview in a news report of Aksyon TV. The phrase Delmar expresses is a thought of loss, which translates as "it's over, it's/I'm finished." In 2018, in the Philippines, the clip went viral online throughout Facebook and Reddit, including memes about a sudden loss experience with the clip.

Origin

The news report from Amber Gonzales, Aksyon TV on Philippine television on December 17, 2015. It had dark origins, which are hidden in the spoiler tag shown below.

This is from an interview with bleeding Delmar, who got arrested at Quezon City Police Department Station 7 for attempted rape and trespassing. During the interview, Delmar admittedly told the interviewer that he was clearly drunk and high on drugs. According to him, he threatened his victim's life by seducing him while holding a knife. He also admitted on national television that one of his hobbies while drunk and drugged is rape. He admittedly regretted his actions afterwards.

During the interview, Delmar said that he was lucky that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hadn't been elected at that time. "[If Duterte was], wala na. finish na.", he added.

On December 22, 2015, the video of the news report was uploaded to YouTube by the channel, News5Everywhere and has received 202,304 views and 2,400 likes. The video is shown below.

News5Everywhere news report

Spread

On June 2018, the catchphrase, Wala Na. Finish Na., began to gain its popularity among the Philippines, who created various viral posts including memes and videos posted throughout Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube. One of the examples was from this Facebook post talks about something negative is coming as shown below. The heading text translates as "when she is already cold to you and her reply messages are short". On September 29, 2021, Reddit user deodurant88 posted in r/Philippines of a meme on Dalgona Candy Challenge in a Netflix show, Squid Game with a catchphrase Wala Na. Finish Na. as its caption. The Reddit post has received 200 upvotes and 31 comments.

Facebook Post

Reddit Post

On June 27, 2018, YouTube music content creator frnzvrgs (Frenz Vargas) uploaded a music video about a trap remix version of the meme. This includes four other Philippine-related memes that were snipped into the video, but it mostly shows the Wala Na. Finish Na. itself. The YouTube post has received 202,304 views and 2,400 likes.

frnzvrgz (Frenz Vargas) music video