Close Up (meme)

Close Up is an animation meme created by Lily Eagle. Lily Eagle later remade the original meme in 2020.

Summary
Most Close Up memes tend to involve multiple different characters. The meme starts with some characters taking turns saying "Scratch that!" and "I'm ready!" in sync to the song. It then switches to another character saying "Close Up!", followed by the character changing their appearance while saying "Wow!" and laughing twice. A character then says "I look so beautiful!" while smiling and posing. The character that said "Close up!" shows up again and repeats the sentence, this time saying "oh..." right after. The two laughs occur once again. Afterwards, a new character appears and shrugs while asking "What do we beautiful do?"

A sudden noise can be heard, which is sometimes associated with glitching and screaming in the animation. A character says "So you" while looking towards the viewer as another character says "Ooh!" with a semi-surprised face. The character then says "Can enjoy it too!". The animation then switches to characters taking turns posing and laughing in sync to the lyrics "Oh-ah-eh-ah-oh-ah-" Right after this section ends, the screen glitches and the audio becomes static while the animation can vaguely be seen rewinding in the background.

After this part, the meme starts again, usually retaining no changes at all save for a few glitches and flickering. Some animators make the theme of the animation darker and creepier during this part instead. The meme then ends with the same glitched screen and static audio as it switches off.