Haminations Cringe: TikTok Revives a 2019 YouTube Song

The original “Who I Am” music video

This is Haminations’ animated music video “Who I Am,” starring YouTube creator Bryson Rasmussen.

The 2019 clip introduces Rasmussen and his interests through a cheerful, self-introductory song. TikTok users have recently revisited its earnest style for jokes about old online selves and awkward introductions.^[1]

A throwback gets a second life

The Haminations cringe meme is a small internet time machine with a very specific destination: a 2019 animated song that many viewers once knew by heart. In September 2026, TikTok users began bringing “Who I Am” back into circulation, turning clips from the video into jokes about the things they used to like—and the things they used to say about themselves.

The source is Haminations, the YouTube channel run by animator Bryson Julian Rasmussen. His “Who I Am” video is an upbeat animated self-introduction: Rasmussen sings about his creative interests, favorite games and fandoms. That sincerity is part of the joke now. The internet has a long memory, and apparently it keeps receipts from your middle-school era.

This post’s video is the original Haminations music video, not a newly made TikTok compilation. It shows the material that the trend riffs on; it does not show every TikTok remix or establish a single creator as the trend’s originator.^[2]

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The joke: remembering your old internet self

On TikTok, creators use footage from “Who I Am” to poke fun at the awkwardness of introducing themselves, explaining their interests or sharing something they once loved without a trace of irony. Some edits frame the song as the kind of earnest self-description that might once have lived in a profile bio. Others pair its animated performance with relatable situations, such as being asked to introduce yourself in class.

That makes the Haminations cringe meme less about one punchline than a familiar feeling: looking back at your younger self and wondering how confidently you announced your favorite things to the room. The comedy can be affectionate, self-mocking or a little sharp, depending on the edit. The original video itself is simply a creator’s enthusiastic introduction; the newer jokes add the retrospective cringe.

That distinction matters. A resurfaced clip can be funny without making its creator the villain of a joke. People can laugh at the universal awkwardness of growing up online while remembering that the person in the animation made it years ago for an audience that enjoyed it.^[2]

Why this throwback works

The format arrives with its own context. Viewers hear a highly specific introduction, recognize the enthusiastic tone, then supply the punchline from their own memories. That makes the trend easy to adapt: the clip can stand in for an old online bio, a school introduction or the moment someone asks what you were obsessed with at age twelve.

There is also a built-in time gap. “Who I Am” was uploaded in 2019, and the TikTok attention arrived years later, after many viewers had moved on from the media they loved as kids. The contrast between the original confidence and the audience’s present-day hindsight does much of the comedic work. No elaborate setup required; the past has already written the setup for you.

For anyone encountering it now, the best entry point is the original video above, followed by the TikTok trend explainer. The trend is a snapshot of how social platforms keep recycling old media into new jokes. Sometimes the internet’s freshest meme is just your old favorite returning with a new caption—and a slightly more self-conscious audience.^[2]