It all started with a picture.

Actually it started with one of those crappy youtube compilation. Some account that posts nothing but compilations of his own tiktok videos has a clip of an infectious song. The video is of a large woman, with chinese words on the bottom, singing “yeaaah” and then it just cuts.

It looks like a game show. It evokes images of Susan Boyle. By the image alone it looks like a viral video of some hidden talent that is about to be unleashed from an unsuspecting singer.

…but the song sucks.

There has to be more to this story. What is it? That’s going to take some digging. Since I cannot let a meme rest until I understand it, that means we are going on a journey. One that starts with the first time I’ve ever seen “no results found” on TinEye.

I didn’t even think that was possible!