Right Ear, The Bible (Chinese), Left Ear, Mozart (2x Speed)

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Right Ear, The Bible (Chinese), Left Ear, Mozart (2x Speed) refers to a video showing a grey 3D man listening to the Bible in Chinese (Mandarin) in his right ear and orchestral music by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his right ear set to 2x speed. The original image was posted to Twitter / X in early 2022. In 2024, video iterations of the meme went viral on YouTube, TikTok and X, leading to variations of the format that replaced the audios or evolved the audios by making them more chaotic and overbearing. The meme vaguely references an episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia called "Flowers For Charlie" in which the character Charlie Kelly listens to Mandarin in one ear and Beethoven in the other.

Origin

On February 23rd, 2022, X^[12] user @TallBart posted a two-panel image of a buff 3D grey man with text surrounding him, labeling different parts of his body. For instance, on the left side, it read by his head, "Right ear The Bible (Chinese)" and "Left ear Mozart (2x speed)." In one year, the post received roughly 1,400 likes (shown below).

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On February 24th, 2022, Tumblr^[11] user ripempezardexerox shared a cropped version of the image, showing only the left side of the meme. Over two years, it received roughly 1,100 notes (shown below, left).

Two years later, the meme resurfaced en masse, started by X^[1] user @semtexfarmhand_ on February 23rd, 2024, who posted a further-cropped version of the image showing only the man's head, captioned, "TGIF," gaining roughly 33,000 likes in a week (shown below, right).

Later on February 23rd, 2024, X^[2] user @chucktherapist replied to the post with a video that fulfilled the meme's prompt, gaining over 420 likes in 11 days (shown below). When listened to with headphones, the Bible is read in Chinese in the right ear and Mozart's "Lacrimosa" is played at 2x speed in the left ear.

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— chuck (@chucktherapist) February 23, 2024

On February 23rd, 2024, the meme gained variations on X, like a meme posted by X^[3] user @sebkrier that replaced the audios with Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th Edition by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig and the album Deep Sea Dweller by Drexciya, gaining over 30 likes in 11 days (shown below, left).

Also on February 23rd, 2024, X^[4] user @charliekclly referenced the It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia episode "Flowers For Charlie" in which the character Charlie Kelly listened to Mandarin in one ear and Beethoven in the other. @charliekclly quoted by saying, "this happened to my buddy charlie," earning over 2,100 likes in 11 days (shown below, right).

On February 23rd, 2024, YouTuber^[5] Lil Gates posted their own video iteration of the meme with a "Photosensitivity warning," gaining over 10,100 views in 11 days (shown below, left). Lil Gates also posted the video to their iFunny^[6] account on February 24th, gaining over 14,400 smiles in 10 days.

On February 25th, 2024, YouTuber^[7] Hezekaust Miscellaneous posted a video iteration of the meme, gaining over 420,500 views in nine days (shown below, right).

Viral reposts of the aforementioned videos spread on Instagram^[8] and TikTok^[9] going into early March 2024. Original video iterations also surfaced on new websites, like a video shared by iFunnier^[10] @DoubleBerry on February 27th, 2024, that used the "Tokyo Mew Mew New Soundtrack," receiving nine smiles in one week (shown below).

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