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[[File:Jiafei meme.png|thumb|The most used photograph of Jiafei, at the balcony in [[Sanya]], [[China]], which cropped at her face as a square in most memes and profile pictures for TikTok users.]]
[[File:Jiafei meme.png|thumb|The most used photograph of Jiafei, at the balcony in [[Sanya]], [[China]], which cropped at her face as a square in most memes and profile pictures for TikTok users.]]

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File:Jiafei meme.png
The most used photograph of Jiafei, at the balcony in Sanya, China, which cropped at her face as a square in most memes and profile pictures for TikTok users.


Jiafei is a popular TikTok meme trend that originated from the bots on the website who use Chinese product advertisements to make themselves popular. The meme resulted in multiple parodies being made, such as sound effects, kidnapping jokes, remixes being made with the song that was used in the advertisements, known as the "Jiafei Song" by fans ( Mo Si Man - Ye Hua Xiang.) This trend become popular where an online community that formed on Tiktok , FlopTok started to make meme videos and other projects using the Jiafei meme.

History

The photo that is most used for the Jiafei meme was posted by a chinese woman named Dai on WeChat in December 2020 but became an Internet meme in 2021 when it was appropriated by online retail accounts using her likeness to advertise products on TikTok. The subject of the photo remained unknown for years and received the name "Jiafei" from bot accounts on Tiktok with the username Jiafei. There were rumors that the photo was a digital composite of singers Jia and Fei until the woman in the photo, Dai confirmed that the photo was of herself in 2023 after being told by a friend that she resembled the meme.[1]

Comparisons of the mysterious woman to famous celebrities led to Jiafei being idolized on the Internet, with fans even jokingly praying to the photo before important exams or job interviews.[2] The perceived absurdity of advertisements featuring Jiafei has inspired a widespread obsession with the image and bizarre video recreations.[3] In 2023, a musical parody of Jiafei played inside an Aeon Mall in Malaysia when a fan's phone accidentally connected to the mall's speaker system.[4] On 2021 Floptok users vegan to develop an imaginary island country named Floptropica with jiafei being the imaginary founding mother.

Backlash

Backlash was made when an unknown person photoshopped an image of Jesus with Jiafei's face in it, A halo, With holy water, a closed bible behind an open book with a text "you need JIAFEI" which the word "Jiafei" is uppercase, written in Trebuchet MS, with a white background. which it's unknown where is the creator of it,


Backlash was also made by tiktok users when some FlopTok members started to turn other advertisements featuring asian women into derivatives of the Jiafei meme, saying that it's racist to turn every asian woman in advertisements into memes and that they should only stick to the Jiafei meme

References

  1. ^ Lu, Fran (November 1, 2023). "Not a fake: social media in China delighted to discover world-famous Jiafei meme is real". South China Morning Post. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Tang, Hao (October 24, 2023). "Jiafei, the top virtual idol in Europe and the United States, is actually a Chinese live blogger?". Sina News (in Chinese). Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  3. ^ You, Xi (August 28, 2023). "Jiafei: Short videos with goods have given birth to the most abstract crazy culture in the world". Freebase (in Chinese). Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Garreth, Wayne (July 6, 2023). "Man Plays Music Through AEON Mall's Speakers After His Phone Accidentally Connected To It". Says. Retrieved December 19, 2023.

Category:Internet memes introduced in 2021 Category:Internet meme characters Category:People notable for being the subject of a specific photograph