About

Y'all Were Raised By Karens? I Was Raised By is phrasal template used on TikTok to showcase one's eccentric parents. In the videos, TikTokers share a video of themselves with the caption "Y'all were raised by Karens? I was raised by [parent or guardian's name], followed by a compilation of photos and videos of those people. The videos are set to the song "Bang Bang Bang Bang" by Sohodolls.

Origin

On December 10th, 2020, Frankie Jonas, who is the fourth and youngest Jonas Brother, shared the earliest known version of the meme. The post received more than 380,000 reactions, 2,400 comments and 2,000 shares in less than two weeks (shown below).

Spread

Following the post, people began sharing variations of their own. On Decmber 11th, 2020, TikToker @altwitchnb shared a version with her father Brian. The post received more than 1.7 million reactions and 18,000 comments in less than one week (shown below, left).

Days later, December 13th, TikToker @nyc1997 posted a variation that received more than 1.6 million reactions and 14,000 comments in less than one week (shown below, right).

On December 16th, 2020, the website Stay Hipp^[1] published an article about the trend.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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