We're X, Of Course We Y
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We're X, Of Course We Y is a phrasal template that was popularized on TikTok in late 2023 and early 2024, with people classifying themselves as part of a certain group, profession or subculture and providing a list of habits and characteristics that align with that group. The trend began in November 2023, spawning notable viral videos and trends such as We're DINKs.
Origin
The earliest known videos part of the "We're X, Of Course We Y" TikTok trend are videos posted by a TikTok account run by a children's grief camp on November 11th[1] and November 12th,[2] 2023. The videos, posted by @experiencecamps, gathered over 2.5 million and 500,000 plays, respectively, in two months (seen below).
@experiencecamps Hope this reaches the right audience 🙏 #grief #griefjourney #griefandloss #griever #griefhumor #grieftok ♬ original sound – Experience Camps
@experiencecamps Replying to @Experience Camps WE’RE GRIEVERS PT 2 #grief #griefjourney #griefandloss #grievers #grieftok #griefsupport ♬ original sound – Experience Camps
Spread
The trend continued to spread in late 2023 with several TikTokers posting videos following the trend on November 16th, 2023.[3][4] TikToker[5] @loveeestefani posted a video saying, "Of course we're Mexican," on November 22nd, 2024, gathering over 4 million plays and 760,000 likes in three months (seen below, left). On November 23rd, TikToker[6] @queenthotty posted a similar video about being from the state of Michigan and gathered over 1 million plays and 160,000 likes in two months (seen below, right).
@loveeestefani I love being mexican😭❤️💚 what did I forget?😂 #ofcourseweare #mexican #mexicantiktok #mexicanmemes #hispanicmemes #hispanictiktok #tiktok #trend #fyp #parati #hispanics #mexicans #mexicansbelike ♬ original sound – loveeestefani 😋
@queenthotty Were from michigan of course we are going to say pop instead of soda
♬ original sound – Queen Thot
In late November 2023, videos from the "We're X, Of Course We Y" trend began spreading to X / Twitter, as seen in various viral posts discussing the DINKs video (example shown below).
You’re both genetic dead ends congrats pic.twitter.com/IACLvQzp1v
— wesch (@offtheraiIs) December 4, 2023
Going into 2024, more videos following the trend spread to X, as seen in a TikTok video originally posted by user @garzacrew.[7] X[8] user @Iustwetrust quoted the video and criticized it by saying, "we’re gen alpha influencers! of course our parents are okay with exploiting us to creeps and predators on the internet as long as they get to make a few dollars off of us!" The post gathered over 130,000 likes in two days (seen below).
we’re gen alpha influencers! of course our parents are okay with exploiting us to creeps and predators on the internet as long as they get to make a few dollars off of us! https://t.co/qDmkyMpbdD
— viv (@Iustwetrust) January 24, 2024
Various Examples
@albanyoregonpolice We’re cops. #fyp #ofcourse #ofcoursetrend #coosoftiktok #police ♬ original sound – APD
@tisha_alyn Of course we had to hop on this trend 🤪🌈💅🏽 #wlw #lgbtq #holidays #femmes #fyp @Ashlee Driver ♬ original sound – Tisha Alyn
@julieevlorentzen we’re two mums, of course we’re late to the trend😌
@__thefitnurse We work night shift of course it took us two nights to make this tiktok lol 🏥 #fy #fyp #ofc #ofctrend #nightshift #nightshiftnurse #nightshiftcrew #rn #lpn #cna #nursehumor ♬ original sound – The Fit Nurse
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External References
[1] TikTok – experiencecamps
[2] TikTok – experiencecamps
[3] TikTok – laurenmuellerblog
[4] TikTok – slipperyrockuniv
[5] TikTok – loveeestefani
[6] TikTok – queenthotty
[8] X – Iustwetrust
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