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We Are Charlie Kirk, We Carry the Flame, also known as "We Are Charlie Kirk" by Spalexma, refers to an AI-generated song honoring late right-wing political pundit and organizer Charlie Kirk, sung by a male AI voice. The song went viral on TikTok and Twitter / X in November 2025, when many users shared the song to criticize and make fun of it. During the timeframe, it gained use as a TikTok sound, largely adding to the anti-Charlie Kirk memes, like Kirkified Memes, that humorously aimed to tarnish Kirk's legacy after his September 2025 death.

Origin

On September 16th, 2025, AI music "artist" Spalexma released a song titled "We Are Charlie Kirk" on Spotify. ^[1] Two days later, the song's audio was uploaded to YouTube,^[2] gaining over 57,900 views and 1,300 likes in two months. At the 45-second mark, the male AI voice notably belts, "We are Charlie Kirk! We carry the flame!"

Lyrics

The lyrics of "We Are Charlie Kirk" were added to Genius^[3] by contributors after the song's September 2025 release. They read:

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On November 16th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @cp_alo posted a screen-recording of the song in an Instagram Reel editing screen, adding a text overlay caption, reading, "This is genuinely the worst song I've ever fucking heard in my life." Over two days, the video received over 1 million likes.

Also on November 16th, Instagram^[8] user @goatedpageong reposted the video, gaining over 312,100 likes in two days. On that same day, X^[9] user @EyeLoveMariahsm also reposted the video, gaining over 16,000 likes.

In the following hours and days, netizens began using the TikTok sound^[12] of @cp_alo's video, amassing over 21,300 posts in two days.

For instance, on November 17th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @fartqing shared a video of herself lip dubbing the song, paired with the text overlay caption, "NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM JUST DROPPED!!" The video gained over 1.1 million likes in a day.

On November 17th, 2025, Instagram^[6] user @that1samfyi used the song on Reels, pairing it with a video compilation of Charlie Kirk Face Swaps and an overlay caption reading, "This song is so friggin tuff bro." Over one day, the Reel gained over 55,400 likes.

Also on November 17th, X^[7] user @ohiojesustwink posted a screen-recording of the Spotify page for "We Are Charlie Kirk," writing, "Accidentally stumbled across this (presumably A.I. generated) Charlie Kirk memorial song. It is, without question, the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. This has close to 100k monthly listeners, by the way." The tweet received over 1.9 million views and 36,000 likes in a day.

Accidentally stumbled across this (presumably A.I generated) Charlie Kirk memorial song. It is, without question, the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. This has close to 100k monthly listeners, by the way www.pic.twitter.com/R43IX7gJTs

— griffin🎃 (@ohiojesustwink) November 17, 2025

Several X users quote-tweeted the abovementioned post, such as X^[10] user @tifa_glockhart on November 17th, 2025, writing, "This is what sleep token sounds like to me," gaining over 12,000 likes in a day.

On that same day, X^[11] user @indianloonie posted an Impact font caption meme, reading the song's lyrics over an image of actor Colin Farrell. The post garnered over 1,900 likes in a day.

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