The 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme originated from a 2015 stock photograph taken by Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem. It features a man looking back at a woman in a red dress while his partner looks on in disbelief. The image went viral in 2017 as a versatile object-labeling template, representing the human tendency to be distracted by something new or better. Its simple yet expressive narrative has made it a global phenomenon, used to satirize everything from politics to personal choices.