AirPod Shotty

About

AirPod Shotty refers to a mixed-reality video by virtual influencer FNMeka in which he loads giant AirPods into a white shotgun that resembles a typical Apple product while singing an improvised song, then acts out shooting a replica of an Among Us survivor adorned in Louis Vuitton print.

Origin

On November 18th, 2020, CGI-animated influencer FNMeka posted a video to TikTok ^[1] of himself loading what appears to be an Apple-branded shotgun with giant AirPods, singing, "Airpod shotty, i'mma catch a body, you looking real sussy" then shooting a Louis Vuitton-print Among Us survivor, who splits in half and his top half slides to the floor, revealing that he's made of cake (shown below). The video went viral, garnering over 82 million views in 1 month. Everything in the video is animated apart from the background.

Spread

On November 26th, FNMeka uploaded a version of the song sung during the video remixed by Cameron Sanderson^[4] to SoundCloud. ^[2] On the same day he posted a followup to the video on TikTok^[3] set to the remixed song in which he uses the same shotgun animation but replaces the survivor with a turkey, garnering over 19 million views in 3 weeks (shown below, left) On November 28th, 3D artist Jake Fellman posted his own version of the video to TikTok,^[5] in which an animated, realistic-looking red survivor shoots another realistic-looking blue survivor with the same Airpod shotty, garnering over 5.8 million views in just under 3 weeks (shown below, right).

TikTokers began duetting with the original video, many calling it out as cringe or showing general confusion. For example, on December 2nd, angryplaayer posted a duet to TikTok^[6] listing the reasons he doesn't enjoy the video, garnering over 956,000 views in 15 days (shown below, left). Others spammed the original sound with duets showing off an alleged TikTok easter egg in which tapping specific buttons brings up a visualizer, however this is not an actual feature of the app (example shown below, right).^[7]

The video spread quickly beyond TikTok to sites like Instagram and iFunny,^[8] where users began referencing it in image macros and GIFs. For example, on December 6th, Instagram^[9] user salad.snahe reuploaded a GIF Caption of Jesse Pinkman aiming a gun toward the screen with the top text "POV: You're the imposter looking down the barrel of my airpod shotty (imma catch a body)" garnering over 47,000 views in 11 days (shown below).

Related Memes

Among Drip

Among Drip refers to a viral 3D render of three crewmates from the 2018 video game Among Us wearing Nike Jordan shoes. In December 2020, memes based on the render gained significant popularity online as an ironic Among Us meme.

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