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"Sunflower" Kid, also known as Kid Singing "Sunflower" or Kevin G Singing "Sunflower," refers to a viral video of a person with a boyish stature wearing a blue and orange sweatshirt and glasses singing the song "Sunflower" by Post Malone & Swae Lee from the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. The original video was posted to TikTok in November 2023, causing memetic usage and remixes en masse. The "Sunflower Kid" is named Kevin G, also known as K3VIN_G or @k3vingabor, who's an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

Origin

On November 11th, 2023, TikToker[1] @k3vingabor (aka K3VIN_G) posted a video of himself singing the song "Sunflower" by Post Malone & Swae Lee which was prominently featured in the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse film. Over 11 days, the video received roughly 4.6 million plays and 462,500 likes (shown below).

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Memetic and exploitable usage of the video predominantly surfaced on November 20th, 2023, when TikToker[2] @topboydem69 layered a sped-up version in a Fortnite setting, gaining over 2.6 million plays and 408,800 likes in two days (shown below, left).

On November 21st, 2023, TikToker[3] @funnyshit611 also posted a sped-up version with a caption related to Fortnite, gaining roughly 1.7 million plays and 258,700 likes in one day (shown below, right).

On November 21st, 2023, TikToker[4] @kaitheadmin greenscreened K3VIN_G into a car and used the nickname Cutie Patootie, gaining over 1.7 million plays and 285,900 likes in a day (shown below, left).

As the video went viral, meme creators began using other videos from K3VIN_G's page. For instance, on November 22nd, 2023, TikToker[5] @realbryson_ posted a K3VIN_G video with a caption related to Fortnite, gaining roughly 751,800 plays and 157,100 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).

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External References

[1] TikTok – @k3vingabor

[2] TikTok – @topboydem69

[3] TikTok – @funnyshit611

[4] TikTok – @kaitheadmin

[5] TikTok – @realbryson_



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