Rami Malek's "I'm a Fan"

The source clip is a roughly one-minute Mandarin Oriental promo in which Malek stares straight into the camera and calmly declares his affection for his mother, chamomile tea, handwritten letters, classic movies, and looking sharp regardless of the occasion1. His flat delivery, long pauses, and unblinking eye contact give the whole thing a serial-killer confessional energy that reads as unintentionally menacing rather than warm1.

Once Twitter users trimmed off the closing "and Mandarin Oriental" tag, the video worked as a standalone character study, and edits pushed the unsettling tone further with horror music beds, dubbed thriller scenes, and cuts that fake Malek into a Bond villain audition35. The joke leans on the mismatch between the ad's earnest luxury-brand pitch and Malek's already off-kilter screen presence from Mr. Robot and Bohemian Rhapsody1.

Common edits typically pair the source video's audio with a horror or thriller visual, or vice versa. People often swap the closing "Mandarin Oriental" line for a punchline of their choice, or cut the video down so Malek's list of favorite things reads like a killer's diary.