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Whiplash Drum Conducting Remixes is a replacement remix series featuring a scene from the 2014 music drama film Whiplash. The meme edits a scene from the film's ending in which the character Fletcher conducts his band's drummer Andrew by playing along to the percussion with his fingers and pointing to him when Andrew's solo arrives. However, in the meme, when the film cuts to Andrew, he is replaced by other, absurd videos of drummers performing the film's drum solo, which still plays over the soundtrack.

Origin

On January 16th, 2014, the film Whiplash premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.^[1] In the movie, the character Fletcher, a music conservatory instructor, teaches Andrew (portrayed by J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller, respectively), a young drummer, with great fervor bordering on abuse. Towards the end of the film, after they have completed their instruction, Fletcher conducts Andrew in a drum solo at a concert, drumming along to Andrew's playing and cueing to him for a solo (shown below, left).

On April 21st, 2020, video meme creator Lonsoo.mp4 published a remix of the scene, replacing Andrew with a person in a Minion costume playing the drums as the film's soundtrack plays over the video. The post, which also appeared on their Instagram page, ^[2] received more than 47,000 views in less than two weeks (shown below, right).

Spread

That day, the videos spread to Twitter. Twitter user @rous_el_crack^[3] and @hugaodog^[4] shared the meme, receiving more than a collective 200,000 views, 10,000 likes and 5,000 retweets.

On April 26th, Twitter user @businesspastel posted a variation of the meme, replacing Andrew with a video of the Drumming Duck. The post received more than 39,000 likes and 14,000 retweets in less than four days (shown below).

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— billy (@businesspastel) April 26, 2020

Various Examples

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— ZikoRE🎞️⏳ (@zikob7) April 27, 2020

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— Americana at Brand Memes (@americanamemes) April 28, 2020

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