About
AirPod Shotty refers to a mixed-reality video by virtual influencer FNMeka in which he loads giant AirPods into a white shotgun that resembles a typical Apple product while singing an improvised song, then acts out shooting a replica of an Among Us survivor adorned in Louis Vuitton print.
Origin
On November 18th, 2020, CGI-animated influencer FNMeka posted a video to TikTok of himself loading what appears to be an Apple-branded shotgun with giant AirPods, singing, “Airpod shotty, i’mma catch a body, you looking real sussy” then shooting a Louis Vuitton-print Among Us survivor, who splits in half and his top half slides to the floor, revealing that he’s made of cake (shown below). The video went viral, garnering over 82 million views in 1 month. Everything in the video is animated apart from the background.
Spread
On November 26th, FNMeka uploaded a version of the song sung during the video remixed by Cameron Sanderson to SoundCloud. On the same day he posted a followup to the video on TikTok set to the remixed song in which he uses the same shotgun animation but replaces the survivor with a turkey, garnering over 19 million views in 3 weeks (shown below, left) On November 28th, 3D artist Jake Fellman posted his own version of the video to TikTok, in which an animated, realistic-looking red survivor shoots another realistic-looking blue survivor with the same Airpod shotty, garnering over 5.8 million views in just under 3 weeks (shown below, right).
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External References
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/airpod-shotty