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Corn Kid

You might remember it as I love corn Tariq, corn kid interview

Funniest videos on the internet16 of 30

2022·Short-form and streams·funny

The most widely quoted short video of its year, with a clearly identified interview source.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
I love corn Tariq
Spread in
2022
Began as
A video upload
Where it started
multi
Format
Video
Era
Short-form and streams
Who or what it shows
Tariq, aged seven
Taken from
An interview on the web series Recess Therapy, hosted by Julian Shapiro-Barnum
The song
It’s Corn, by The Gregory Brothers
Origin
Origin not yet established
Available
Playable from the source

Why it matteredWhat changed

A seven-year-old’s sincere account of why he likes corn became a song within the month, by the same route the Double Rainbow video had taken twelve years earlier: an interview, then a remix of the interview that travelled further than the original.

TimelineIn order

  1. Posted

    Julian Shapiro-Barnum interviews Tariq for Recess Therapy.1

  2. Remixed

    The Gregory Brothers release It’s Corn on YouTube, a song made from the interview.1

  3. Mainstream

    The governor of South Dakota declares the day Official Corn-bassador Tariq Day.1

  4. Picked up

    The actor Kevin Bacon posts his own cover of the song.1

The version you rememberNot the same thing

The version people rememberIt’s Corn, the song

A remix by The Gregory Brothers, which is the version most people can sing.1

Where the footage came fromA Recess Therapy interview

An interview with a child, with no music in it.1

More from hereIn this collection

Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · a moment that changed what the internet did next · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later

Originally published on multi. This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.

Where it came fromWhat we know

Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.

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No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.

Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.

Where
Known on YouTube.

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — It’s Corn

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