"I Am Rectangular" by Sean Stephens — Three-panel image of Sean Stephens with green hair performing his song in Times Square with the lyrics 'I am rectangular'

"I Am Rectangular" by Sean Stephens

2023viral videodead

Published October 25, 2026

"I Am Rectangular" is a song by Canadian TikToker Sean Stephens who went viral in July 2023 after filming himself performing it in Times Square with bright green hair and formal attire. Reposted to Twitter within days, the clip drew mockery for its AI-looking appearance and the odd lyric "I Feel No Hole." By July 18, Twitter users were captioning the video with lines like "Canadians are experimenting with sound in a way you can't even fathom."

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Overview

Reactions split along two tracks. One batch of jokes zeroed in on Stephens' appearance in the clip, with viewers insisting he looked like he had been rendered by Midjourney thanks to the oddly even lighting and uncanny color palette4. Twitter user @images_ai spelled it out directly, writing "he's got the midjourney lighting, that's crazy"6.

The second track latched onto the lyric "I Feel No Hole," since "hole" doubles as an explicit slang term4. Riffs on the line showed up in quote-tweets like @neoaky's "some of you are rectangular the way you feel no hole"5. Visual gags also appeared, including a drawing of a rectangular-headed figure labeled "the songwriter"7.

Origin & Background

Platform
TikTok (origin) / Twitter (viral spread)
Creator
Sean Stephens
Date
2023

On July 14, 2023, Sean Stephens posted a TikTok under the handle @seanstephens.music, standing in New York City's Times Square in a shirt and tie with bright green hair, telling viewers through a text overlay that he had come 1,000 kilometers to perform his new song "I Am Rectangular"1. The clip gained roughly 644,900 plays and 6,900 likes within five days4. Stephens uploaded the same video as an Instagram Reel on the same day8.

How It Spread

On July 17, 2023, Twitter user @_pem_pem posted a screen recording of the Instagram Reel, drawing roughly 8,600 likes in two days2. Quote-tweets followed, including @neoaky's "some of you are rectangular the way you feel no hole," which earned over 470 likes5, and @images_ai calling out the Midjourney-adjacent lighting with over 300 likes6.

On July 18, user @LolOverruled tweeted the original TikTok with the caption "Canadians are experimenting with sound in a way you can't even fathom," gaining around 20,800 likes in a day3. The same date, @kid_riolu replied to the chatter with a rectangular-headed figure labeled "the songwriter," drawing about 1,000 likes7. Duet videos surfaced on TikTok soon after, including one from @loloverruled9.

Timeline

2023-07-14

Sean Stephens posts the original "I Am Rectangular" TikTok from Times Square and uploads the same clip as an Instagram Reel.

2023-07-17

Twitter user @_pem_pem reposts the Reel as a screen recording and gains roughly 8,600 likes in two days.

2023-07-17

@images_ai jokes that Stephens has "the midjourney lighting," tying the viral moment to AI art mockery.

2023-07-18

@LolOverruled's repost with the "Canadians are experimenting with sound" caption reaches around 20,800 likes in a day.

2023-07-18

@kid_riolu posts a rectangular-headed "songwriter" image reply, and TikTok Duets of the song begin to appear.

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How to Use This Meme

Posts typically pair the original clip with a short caption mocking either the AI-render look or the lyric "I feel no hole." Some visual remixes replace Stephens' head with a literal rectangle, as @kid_riolu did7, while TikTok Duets sing along or react to the song.

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