# Selena Gomez Crying Selena Gomez Crying is a reaction image based on a still from a December 2013 radio interview where the singer teared up watching a fan contest submission. Twitter fan accounts turned the tearful frame into a photoshop template for every minor inconvenience, spawning one of the defining fan-account reaction memes of early 2014. ## Origin On December 9th, 2013, LA radio show The Hot Hits uploaded an interview clip to YouTube in which Gomez was shown the winning submission from its "biggest Selena Gomez fan" contest[4]. Gomez visibly chokes up watching the video, and it's this near-cry face that became the template. The clip passed 1 million views by March 2014[1]. The reaction-image use began on January 1st, 2014, when a newly created Twitter account @SELENASADMEZ posted a still of Gomez's watering eyes with the caption "when you open your christmas presents and its not concert tickets"[2]. That single tweet established both the visual (the interview screengrab) and the caption pattern ("when [minor sadness]") that later edits copied[1]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source clip) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown (popularized by @SELENASADMEZ and @CryingGomez) - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview Selena Gomez Crying is a reaction image and photoshop template built around a single frame of the singer's eyes welling up during a radio interview[1]. In the still, Gomez's lower lip trembles and her eyes glass over, giving the face a wounded, over-it-all quality that fan accounts weaponized for every trivial disappointment[3]. The format has two main modes. The plain reaction usage pairs the still with a caption in the pattern of "when [tiny disappointment happens]", such as opening Christmas presents that turn out not to be concert tickets[2]. The photoshop mode drops Gomez's teary face into unrelated scenes, from movie stills to album covers, treating her expression as a floating sticker of pure sadness[3]. A GIF version by chuckmccarthy and a Lana Del Rey album parody by @MattPolimeno were among the earliest circulated edits[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Selena Gomez Crying? A reaction image and photoshop template built from a still of Selena Gomez tearing up during a December 2013 radio interview[4]. Fans paired it with "when [minor disappointment]" captions and pasted her face into unrelated images[1]. ### Where did Selena Gomez Crying come from? The source clip is a December 9th, 2013 The Hot Hits YouTube interview where Gomez was shown a fan contest winner and choked up[4]. The reaction-image use began on January 1st, 2014 with a tweet from @SELENASADMEZ[2]. ### What does Selena Gomez Crying mean? It expresses exaggerated, self-aware sadness over trivial disappointments, following the caption template "when [tiny bad thing happens]"[1]. The joke is that the face is far too emotional for whatever mild inconvenience is being described[2]. ### How do you use Selena Gomez Crying? The common convention is to post the teary still with a "when [minor letdown]" caption, often relating to fandom, texting, or everyday annoyances[1]. Photoshop versions typically drop her face into unrelated scenes for extra absurdity[3]. ### Is Selena Gomez Crying still popular? The format is a classic from early 2014 rather than an actively trending meme, and its peak circulation was documented in BuzzFeed and IB Times writeups that March[1]. It shouldn't be confused with the separate 2025 Selena Gomez Crying About Deportations video[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COhheVV1cMs]() 2. [https://x.com/i/status/418281190165323776]() 3. [https://twitter.com/CryingGomez/status/418401717525635073]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/selena-gomez-crying]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/selena-gomez-crying Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library