I Posed Like Ariana Grande On Her Cover And Started A Huge Internet Craze

It was kind of a big deal.

This is Jesse McLaren, and he totally started an internet trend involving Ariana Grande.

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It all started on a lazy Sunday while he was chilling in his house drinking beer and eating snacks while scrolling on social media.

Watch Jesse tell the story of how he started an internet trend!

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Then he stumbled upon a discussion about Ariana Grande's outfit on the "My Everything" cover album.

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But Jesse was studying the photo for another reason.

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How the hell was she sitting on the stool like that? "I didn't understand how it was physically possible that this picture could've been taken."

So he tried to recreate Ariana's pose by kneeling on a stool in front of a mirror.

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After falling down several times and almost breaking his arm, it was obvious he couldn't do it.

Jesse thought others might be interested in the hilarious pics of him trying to nail that pose, so he picked a couple of shots and posted them on Twitter and Instagram.

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He simply hashtagged it #arianagrande.

After a couple of hours, he noticed his post on Instagram had taken off. It had over 45,000 likes!

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People were tagging him on posts of them trying the pose themselves. "I can't understate how quickly this thing was just blowing up my mentions. My phone was hard to use, it was running so slowly."

And then it happened. Ariana Grande herself chimed in.

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Although Jesse was terrified that a mob of fans would pounce on him, the response turned out to be super positive (and interactive).

Then the whole thing went from being just a social media trend to straight up going viral. He was contacted by tons of shows, including Good Morning America and even one from Australia.

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What truly solidified the fact that the whole thing had gone viral for Jesse was his mom calling from the nail salon after reading a magazine article about it that mentioned his name.

To this day, Jesse said he hasn't seen anyone pose exactly how Ariana Grande did in that album cover successfully.

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So the challenge lives on! If you think you can do it, he encourages you to try it out and tag him.