The Poppy meme originated from the YouTube channel of Moriah Rose Pereira, an artist who collaborated with director Titanic Sinclair to create a series of deeply unsettling, minimalist videos. The most famous video, 'I'm Poppy,' features her repeating the phrase for over ten minutes in a soft, robotic tone. The meme evolved from simple parodies of her early YouTube persona into a broader commentary on celebrity culture, consumerism, and internet-born surrealism. As Poppy transitioned into her 'heavy metal' era, the memes shifted to highlight her dramatic aesthetic changes, but the core of the meme remains her uncanny ability to blend the cute with the creepy, making it a staple for weird-core and avant-garde internet humor.