"o i am laffin"

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Part of a series on Lorde's "Royals". [View Related Entries]

About

"o i am laffin" refers to a popular meme on 4chan's music board, /mu/, in which the poster expresses sarcastic or incredulous laughter.

Origin

On December 9th, 2012, a post^[1] on 4chan's music board was made in which an anonymous poster posted a SoundCloud link of "Royals," a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, well before the song became a hit. The poster asked for feedback on the song, claiming to be its author. When this was discovered, it fueled a rumor that Lorde herself had been posting on 4chan. The anonymous poster ended the post with the phrase "in b4 tits and the kitchen."

"o i am laffin" originates from a tweet from Lorde in response to the rumor that she had posted the song on 4chan herself. It was posted on Twitter on February 2nd, 2014.^[4] It reads:

Spread

Shortly after, the phrase "o i am laffin" became a meme on the music board of 4chan.

The spread of the phrase prompted a thread on /r/lewronggeneration^[2] investigating the story and a thread on /r/outoftheloop^[3] asking about the origin. It has since remained a popular quote throughout social media outlets like Twitter and Reddit.