KIKI MAJENS YOUR MASELF: MEANING AND ORIGIN - DUDAS - 2025

Kiki majens tu maself, also known in Urban Dictionary as "kiki majens to maisel", is a phrase taken from one of Selena Gómez's songs, which is believed to be the product of bad pronunciation. It was first unveiled in the video for the song "Hands to myself" in 2015.

According to some netizens, the appearance of said music video was enough to generate criticism about the artist's pronunciation. There is even a series of offensive comments about immigration in the United States. From then on, the reproduction of memes and momos about Gómez began.

These memes were not the last, since Gómez is considered one of the most interesting artists for this type of material. At present, "kiki majens tu maiself" is one of the most popular memes that is still valid for both fans and other Internet users.

Meaning

It is estimated that the phrase is a kind of transcription of the phrase in English Can't keep my hands to myself, which can be translated as "I can't keep my hands to myself", which has the erotic and sensual connotation that it refers to. to the intention of wanting to touch the other person.

According to Urban Dictionary, the phrase is mispronounced, and also sounds more distorted by effects and sound editing due to autotune.

Origin

The phrase was taken from the video for the song "Hands To Myself", in which the artist is in a tub and seems to whisper those words. It is worth mentioning that the video was posted on YouTube in October 2015 and went viral in early 2016.

After its appearance, some Internet users noticed the particular pronunciation, so they did not take too long to highlight it in the funny mocking comments on that page. However, there was also the presence of racist and xenophobic expressions due to the singer's Hispanic ancestry.

One of the YouTube users took the phrase to add it to a series of videos. This also allowed the expression to be adapted to a variety of images and photographs, including scenes from movies and television series.

The truth is that it would not be the last time that the singer would become one of the maximum references of this type of content, since she already has to her credit an important variety of material that continues to be popular to date.

Other Selena Gomez memes

Pantene Campaign for Mexico and Latin America

The artist was chosen as the main ambassador of the brand in Mexico and the rest of Latin America; However, at the beginning of the campaign, the singer's pronunciation became notable, which did not go unnoticed by Hispanics.

This initiative is believed to have been primarily due to his cultural heritage, but was actually an interesting source of jokes, taunts, and other controversial comments that still persist.

Bride of chucky

Gomez's makeover was notable during her appearance at last year's American Music Awards, especially after undergoing a series of medical procedures due to her illness.

However, he again became the object of ridicule by netizens and the general public by sporting short blonde hair. This, plus her leather outfit, was more than enough to immediately qualify her as the "Bride of Chucky."

As if that were not enough, he also received comments for the presentation, as some claimed that he made more of a kind of lip sync of one of his most iconic songs.

Share your stylist

This meme is closely related to the previous one, as the image of the singer with blonde hair was taken and immediately contrasted with that of her ex-partner, Justin Bieber.

Selena and The Weeknd

One of the most recurrent topics that is spoken about the singer has to do with her love life. In fact, her relationship with singer The Weeknd immediately went viral when an image was released where they appear together hugging and kissing.

Ruby's party

One of the most famous events in Mexico had to do with the celebration of Rubí's fifteen years, which was almost a national event. This was more than enough for netizens to use image editing programs to introduce the singer to one of the family photos.

Statements on the red carpet

During a Victoria's Secret fashion show, a reporter came up to ask Gomez a few questions. During the interview some gestures were captured to be used in memes about conversations of women.

Figure

In this case it is a photograph taken from the Revival tour, where she appears with a man much taller than her. Then, the marked difference between the two was evident and, therefore, the jokes and jokes about it were immediate.

Curiosities

-According to some Internet users, Selena Gómez is one of the artists that has been used the most for the elaboration of memes and momos. There are even pages on Facebook dedicated only to showing this type of material about the singer.

-Although the pronunciation of the phrase was questioned during the video of the song, there have also been criticisms about the artist's ability to communicate in Spanish, despite her Hispanic ancestry.

- El Ruinaversal, a medium that lends itself to humorous and funny news, published that "kiki majens tu maself" rather seemed to be a phrase in Belarusian, and that it also lacked a precise meaning in Spanish.

-Although the meme is known as it has already been exposed previously, it is believed that there is another variant such as the one indicated in Urban Dictionary: "kiki majens to maisel", which is also considered another correct expression.

-It is estimated that this pronunciation also serves as a mockery for those Spanish-speakers who cannot speak English or whose accent is noticeably marked.

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