# You So Precious When You Smile 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. ## Origin On October 12th, 2017, Bazzi uploaded the official audio of "Mine" to his YouTube channel, where it later climbed past millions of views[1]. The track's hook, "you so fuckin' precious when you smile", became the fragment later used in nearly every edit[2]. 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 lens[2][4]. Snapchat's Be Mine lens, which overlays floating hearts and a blush filter, provided the visual half of the gag[4]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source edit) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Airayami (earliest known remix uploader) - **Date:** 2018 ## 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 face[1]. 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 look[4]. 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 love[4]. Early edits ran the gag on YouTube personalities like Keemstar and quickly expanded to anime characters, movie villains and random talking-head news clips[5]. 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 punchline[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is You So Precious When You Smile? It's a 2018 video remix meme that dubs Bazzi's song "Mine" over clips of celebrities and characters, usually with Snapchat's Be Mine heart-and-blush lens on their face[4]. ### Where did You So Precious When You Smile come from? The audio comes from Bazzi's "Mine", uploaded to YouTube on October 12th, 2017[1], and the earliest known remix is a video posted by YouTuber Airayami on January 9th, 2018[2]. ### What does You So Precious When You Smile mean? The phrase is a lyric from Bazzi's chorus, used in edits to express either sincere love or ironic appreciation for the on-screen subject[4]. ### How do you use You So Precious When You Smile? Creators typically take a short clip of a person or character, apply the Be Mine Snapchat lens, and sync it to Bazzi's chorus so the lyric hits as the subject smiles[4][2]. ### Is You So Precious When You Smile still popular? The main burst of uploads happened in January and February 2018 on YouTube and Reddit; the format is still referenced as a classic Snapchat-lens remix from that era[4][3]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkhnni7xgJk]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6RLEm1jD_c]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUhj-_gHCEQ]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-so-precious-when-you-smile]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf62UBVG_Y4]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHxDuBbBtk]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLlrGT5Adq4]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/you-so-precious-when-you-smile Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library