2015·The platform era·funny
Why You Always Lying
The Vine that gave a generation its way of calling somebody out, sung to a 1997 R&B hook.
You might remember it as Nicholas Fraser lying song, oh my god why you always lying
An early online video
Originally published on Vine.
- SourceOrigin not yet established
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What this was
Nicholas Fraser, filming himself in summer 2015, sings an accusation over the melody of Next's 1997 single "Too Close": why you always lying, mmm, oh my god, stop f—ing lying. He pulls a face at the end, and it is that frozen expression rather than the six seconds that most people actually remember.
It first appeared in 2015, during the platform era.
It is a Vine that produced a reaction image, a catchphrase and a piece of music all at once, and the reaction image outran the video entirely — the still of Fraser's face became a standard way to accuse anybody of anything. It was among the defining Vines named in the platform's obituaries, and Paste put it first on its farewell list.
Fraser has kept working online for a decade and, in 2022, sold the still from the Vine as an NFT for around $96,000 — one of the few Vine creators to have converted the moment into anything. NBC News profiled him as part of its series marking five years since the platform's death.
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- What happens
- Nicholas Fraser, filming himself in summer 2015, sings an accusation over the melody of Next's 1997 single "Too Close": why you always lying, mmm, oh my god, stop f—ing lying. He pulls a face at the end, and it is that frozen expression rather than the six seconds that most people actually remember.