# I Am The One "I Am The One" is a Vine remix series from early 2016 that dubbed the hook from Denzel Curry's track "Ultimate" over clips of characters showing bravado, delivering insults, or landing wild stunts[1]. Kicked off by Viner Stop It, Joe with a Flapjack cartoon edit that pulled 8.6 million loops, the audio format spawned one of the defining Vine trends of the platform's final year[3]. ## Origin On June 9, 2015, Denzel Curry released "Ultimate" on his debut double EP 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms[1][2]. Eight months later, on February 6, 2016, Viner Stop It, Joe uploaded a short Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack clip with the "Ultimate" hook playing over it[3]. The Vine collected roughly 8.6 million loops, 212,000 likes, and 80,000 revines in its first three months[3]. - **Platform:** Vine (audio source: Denzel Curry's "Ultimate") - **Creator:** Stop It, Joe (Vine) - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The clips take the "I am the one" hook from Denzel Curry's 2015 track and dub it over footage where someone declares dominance, wins an argument, or pulls off a cocky move[1]. The "Deal With It" sunglasses drop animation frequently lands on the subject the moment the beat kicks in[3]. Source material ranges from cartoons like The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Finding Nemo to real classroom arguments and school-fight footage, all cut so the hook hits at peak impact[3]. The template rewards short, punchy edits, which fit Vine's six-second cap almost perfectly. ## How It Spread The template caught on fast. On February 23, 2016, Viner okay jack posted a Finding Nemo edit cut to Ultimate that pulled around 4.4 million loops[3]. Three days later, Viner michael k dubbed the hook onto the end of a classroom argument clip, hitting roughly 6.9 million loops[3]. YouTube compilation channels rounded up the trend soon after. Best Vine Compilation posted a montage on March 11 that gathered over 450,000 views and 560 comments in the following two months[3], followed by a Top Vines compilation on March 23[3]. Additional edits kept surfacing on Vine's "I am the one" trends page throughout the spring[5]. ## How to Use Take a clip where someone flexes, insults a rival, or lands a stunt, and cut the "I am the one" hook so the beat drops on the moment of impact[1]. Common convention pairs that drop with the "Deal With It" sunglasses animation sliding onto the subject[3]. Source footage is typically pulled from cartoons, sports fails, or classroom argument clips. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I Am The One? A Vine video remix series that dubs the hook from Denzel Curry's "Ultimate" over clips of characters flexing, arguing, or performing stunts, often paired with the "Deal With It" sunglasses drop[3]. ### Where did I Am The One come from? It started on February 6, 2016, when Viner Stop It, Joe posted a Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack clip synced to Denzel Curry's "Ultimate", released the year prior on his EP 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms[1][3]. ### What does I Am The One mean? The hook plays over moments of dominance or bravado, functioning as a musical stamp that says the person on screen is the one to be dealt with[3]. Urban Dictionary logs the same defiant sense of the phrase in everyday slang[4]. ### How do you use I Am The One? Dub the "Ultimate" hook over a short clip of someone flexing, insulting a rival, or landing a stunt, and time the beat drop to the peak moment, typically alongside the "Deal With It" sunglasses animation[3]. ### Is I Am The One still popular? The format peaked on Vine in early 2016, with the top clips pulling between 4 and 8 million loops each and driving major YouTube compilation traffic through March of that year[3]. ## References 1. [https://genius.com/Denzel-curry-ultimate-lyrics]() 2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32_Zel/Planet_Shrooms]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-the-one]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%20Am%20The%20One]() 5. [https://vine.co/tags/iamtheone]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-am-the-one Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library