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Lil Bro Was Born In 2024 refers to a series of TikTok videos and Lil Bro memes showing newborn Gen Alpha babies with the aforementioned catchphrase written in text overlay captions. Many of the videos used Quandale Dingle and Don Pollo TikTok sounds. The trend mainly joked about what memes, trends and internet phenomena were older than the babies born in 2024. A viral screenshot from the trend also emerged, showing a top comment reading, "Blud missed EVERYTHING." A musical voiceover of the screenshot and its other comments trended en masse during June and July 2024.

Origin

On February 15th, 2024, TikToker[1] @iamanoob1457 posted a video of a newborn baby with a Goofy Ahh sound and text overlay reading, "imagine being born in 2024," gaining over 2.5 million plays and 478,400 likes in five months (shown below).

On February 20th, TikToker[2] @rahgwansus posted a similar video using a Don Pollo sound, writing in text overlay, "Bro was born in 2024," coining the more well-known version of the catchphrase. Over five months, the video gained roughly 5.3 million plays and 901,500 likes (shown below).

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More videos surfaced going into 2024. For instance, on March 25th, 2024, TikToker[3] @chettopuffs.yum posted a video that followed the trend, with a caption reading, "Skibidi toilet older than bro," receiving over 5.3 million plays and 968,100 likes in four months (shown below, left).

On May 31st, TikToker[4] @yzkxi3 posted a video following the trend, receiving over 6 million plays and 867,700 likes in two months (shown below, right).

On May 21st, 2024, TikToker[5] @jodrerikhald posted a photo slideshow that included multiple screenshots from a seemingly since-deleted TikTok video that followed the Lil Bro Was Born In 2024 format. The slideshow included top comments left on the video, like one reading, "Blud missed EVERYTHING." Over two months, the photos received roughly 3.6 million plays and 548,000 likes (shown below).

On June 18th, 2024, Instagram[6] user @chat.musicc posted a musical voiceover of the abovementioned TikTok video and its top comments, receiving over 1.1 million likes in 17 days (shown below).

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External References

[1] TikTok – @iamanoob1457

[2] TikTok – @rahgwansus

[3] TikTok – @chettopuffs.yum

[4] TikTok – @yzkxi3

[5] TikTok – @jodrerikhald

[6] Instagram – @chat.musicc



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