About

Chopped Chin or I've Been Running Into You In My Head is a series of memes based on a viral video of former WNBA player Renee Montgomery dancing courtside with her cousin referred to as "chopped chin" for the appearance of his chin, at an Atlanta Dream basketball game. The video was originally uploaded to the Atlanta Dream Instagram page in August 2023. It became the subject of memes in December 2024 when Instagram user halal_man_2 began consistently posting motivational and emotional quotes over the video, inspiring ironic memes set to the song "Bring Me Back (Enox Mantano Remix)" by Miles Away, which refer to Montgomery's cousin as "chopped chin." In this case, "chopped" is being used as slang meaning "ugly." "Chopped Chin" is also used to refer to halal_man_2's account.

Origin

On August 6th, 2023, the atlantadream Instragram^[1] page posted a video of former WNBA player Renee Montgomery dancing courtside at an Atlanta Dream game with who is purported to be her cousin, garnering over 8.2 million views in a year.

On December 3rd, 2024, Instagram^[2] user halal_man_2 posted a Reel attaching the quote, "Sometimes I'm not angry, I'm hurt and there's a big difference," over the video, garnering 20 likes in four weeks. On December 5th, the same Instagram^[3] user posted the video again, this time set to the song "Bring Me Back (Enox Mantano Remix) by Miles Away,^[4] this time attaching the quote, "Don't cry someone who killed your smile," garnering no notable interactions in the same span of time (embed unavailable).

Spread

Instagram user halal_man_2 continued to post content using the same video under different emotional or motivational quotes over the following weeks, some garnering significant popularity. For example, on December 22nd, the user posted a version of the meme to Instagram^[5] reading, "Why is it so easy to fall asleep in class then in bed?" garnering over 141,000 views in a week.

Some commenters began referring to the video and the man in the video as "chopped chin" due to the appearance of his chin in the video.

As halal_man_2's videos continued to appear on people's Instagram feeds, it became the subject of memes. On December 29th, Instagram^[6] user choppedchinfan posted their first video, consisting of a distorted version of the video, garnering over 4,000 likes in two days. On the same day, the same Instagram^[7] user posted a meme captioned, "If you had one day left how many times would you goon to chopped chin," garnering over 123,000 views in two days.

On December 30th, Instagram^[8] user choppedchinfan posted a video reading, "Attention we are leaving Chopped Chin in 2024," garnering over 217,000 likes in a day.

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