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Lil Xan Kissing Noah Cyrus refers to a viral photograph of American rapper Lil Xan pushing his face against the face of his significant other, American recording artist Noah Cyrus. The photograph has inspired a series of photoshop and image macros memes.

Origin

On August 20th, 2018, numerous photographs of Lil Xan attempting to kiss significant other Noah Cyrus on the red carpet of the Video Music Awards in New York City. However, the image does not capture the kiss, but rather Lil Xan as pushing his face against Cyrus's cheek as she poses for the camera.

That evening, Twitter ^[1] user @Raeequaza tweeted the photographs, including a close-up version of the photo. The post (shown below) received more than 26,000 retweets and 69,000 likes in one week.

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Following the tweet, people began meme-ing the image, photoshopping the photograph and/or adding captions and labels to the subjects.

Hours after the initial tweeted, Twitter^[2] user @FidelsDead tweeted, "*sniff* ohhhhhh̵̲͔̓̈̑̍̈͛̅͂͝͝h̸̺̱̱̤̤̬̤̋h̵̼̘̘͒̊̈́͐h̵̩͂̀̂̀̇͒͘̚h̶̥̲̯̾̃͐̉͒̀̕f̴͙̹͔͔́͊́̄̏j̵͎̼͖̖̰̦̠̼͙̤̐̓͊̀͐f̴͔̣̈̆͂͐͘͝j̴̱̮͉̙̻̦͈̰̍̃̽̄̈́̿̎̉͠ь̶́̊̌͜в̶̣̼̰̽̓͗̀̚͝о̵͓̠͛̂̽̚͝у̸̜̙́̅̌̒̉̀͘͝͠͠д̷̡̻͚̱̤̳̥̿͒ц̸̲̬͈͚̟̀͜ͅз̵̛̬̳͙̔̈́п̸̺͓̣̺̤̖͚̽́̄͂̆з̵̡̛̬͔͇̫͔̉͌́̈́̊̊͝ yeaahhhhh baby u smell like dry spaghetti. The tweet (shown below, left) received more than 59,000 retweets and 200,000 likes in one week.

Two days later, Twitter^[3] user @sixteenburritos tweeted an object labeled version of the image in which Noah is labeled "the ocean floor" and Lil Xan is labeled "a stingray." Within five days, the tweet (shown below, center) received more than 30,000 retweets and 134,000 likes.

Four days later, Instagram ^[4] user @grapejuiceboys posted a photoshopped version of the image in which Lil Xan has an Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge against his face. The post (shown below, right) received more than 18,000 likes in 24 hours.

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