Darshan Magdum / __darshan____0024

About

Darshan Magdum is a content creator known for his covers of popular English songs. Darshan began posting his music to his Instagram @__darshan____0024 in August 2021 but grew to widespread fame in India after his cover of the song "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and "Cupid" by K-Pop band Fifty Fifty. Memes about Darshan revolve around comparing him to the original singers of the songs he covers and making jokes about his chosen format for recording his videos, which generally take place in front of a glitzy green screen background.

Origin

Darshan posted his first cover on his Instagram page on August 19th, 2021.^[1] Darshan's earliest known viral video^[2] was a cover of The Weeknd's song "Blinding Lights," posted on April 14th, 2023. The post gathered over 570,000 likes in a month (seen below, left). Darshan went on to post a cover^[3] for the Justin Beiber song "Peaches" on April 22nd, 2023, gathering over 200,000 likes in a month (seen below, right).

Spread

On May 12th, 2023, Darshan posted a video covering the song "Cupid" by the K-Pop bang Fifty Fifty." Darshan's cover^[4] gathered over 500,000 likes in two weeks (seen below).

On May 12th, the Instagram^[5] page @baekoof posted the earliest known meme about Darshan's covers, gathering over 20,000 likes in 10 days (seen below).

Also on May 12th, Redditor /u/Repulsive_Series_295 posted a meme featuring Darshan to /r/IndianDankMemes,^[6] gathering over 2,300 likes in 10 days (seen below).

On May 14th, 2023, the Instagram^[7] page @the_Fake_ashwathama then posted a meme featuring Darshan, gathering over 7,000 likes in a week (seen below, left). On May 22nd, the Instagram^[8] page @mememandir posted a meme featuring Darshan as well, gathering over 37,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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