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You So Precious When You Smile

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Published October 8, 2026

In January 2018, remix editors paired Bazzi's 2017 R&B song "Mine" with Snapchat's Be Mine lens to dub celebrities, cartoon characters and crushes with hearts floating around their faces. The format spread through YouTube and Reddit in a matter of weeks, turning a love-song lyric into one of the earliest big Snapchat-lens video memes.

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Overview

You So Precious When You Smile, also written as You So Fuckin' Precious When You Smile, is a video remix format that dubs the chorus of Bazzi's 2017 song "Mine" over clips of celebrities, cartoon characters or crushes, usually with Snapchat's "Be Mine" lens pasted over the subject's face1. The lens adds floating pink hearts and a soft blush, which match the romantic tone of the lyric and give every edit the same instantly readable look4.

The joke sits somewhere between sincere affection and bit, with uploaders using it to gush over a fave or to mock a public figure with over-the-top love4. Early edits ran the gag on YouTube personalities like Keemstar and quickly expanded to anime characters, movie villains and random talking-head news clips5. The format is short, usually under 20 seconds, and leans on the exact moment Bazzi sings "you so fuckin' precious when you smile" as the punchline1.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube (source edit) / Reddit (viral spread)
Creator
Airayami
Date
2018

On October 12th, 2017, Bazzi uploaded the official audio of "Mine" to his YouTube channel, where it later climbed past millions of views1. The track's hook, "you so fuckin' precious when you smile", became the fragment later used in nearly every edit2.

The meme format itself emerged on January 9th, 2018, when YouTuber Airayami uploaded a short remix titled "You so fucking precious when you smile ;)" that paired the chorus with the Be Mine Snapchat lens24. Snapchat's Be Mine lens, which overlays floating hearts and a blush filter, provided the visual half of the gag4.

How It Spread

The format jumped off YouTube and into wider meme circulation through Reddit. On January 22nd, 2018, Redditor Killerjakeno posted a Be Mine lens video titled "You so fucking precious when u smile" to the /r/SnapLenses subreddit, which helped surface the trend to a lens-focused audience4.

The next day, January 23rd, YouTuber Sive uploaded a version dedicated to drama channel host Keemstar, applying the Be Mine lens to his face in a tight loop3. On January 24th, the Autistic Plastic Fantastic YouTube channel published a compilation stitching several of the early edits together, which gave viewers a one-stop sampler of the format4. Text-only riffs followed on January 26th when Redditor Emilx20 submitted an emoji copypasta based on the song's lyrics to /r/copypasta4.

Through late January and February 2018, remix uploads kept arriving on YouTube with the same hook applied to new targets, from gaming figures to film clips56. The template stayed tied to Bazzi's chorus, so every new edit was recognizable within the first second of audio1.

Timeline

2017-10-12

Bazzi uploads the official audio of "Mine" to his YouTube channel.

2018-01-09

YouTuber Airayami posts the earliest known remix, "You so fucking precious when you smile ;)", using the Be Mine Snapchat lens.

2018-01-22

Redditor Killerjakeno shares a Be Mine lens video to /r/SnapLenses, pushing the format to a lens-focused audience.

2018-01-23

YouTuber Sive uploads a "You So Precious When You Smile" edit dedicated to Keemstar.

2018-01-24

The Autistic Plastic Fantastic YouTube channel posts a compilation of early remixes.

2018-01-26

Redditor Emilx20 submits an emoji copypasta based on the song's lyrics to /r/copypasta.

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