{"id":"glow-up","name":"Glow Up","summary":"Glow Up is an internet slang term describing a dramatic improvement in someone's appearance, confidence, or style, typically shown through before-and-after photo comparisons. The phrase originated from Chicago rapper Chief Keef's 2013 track \"Gotta Glo Up One Day\" and spread across social media as a format for sharing personal transformation photos, with a major viral moment in 2017 when LGBTQ+ users on Twitter popularized \"freshman to senior year\" glow up posts.","tags":["glow up","transformation","before and after","self-improvement","meme format"],"howToUse":["Find an old photo of yourself from an earlier, less flattering era (middle school, freshman year, early college).","Place it side-by-side with a recent photo where you look noticeably better.","Caption it with some variation of \"glow up\" or ask \"does this count as a glow up?\""],"imageCount":9,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-six-year-confidence.webp","caption":"Glow-up before-and-after transformation from 2012-2018 showing dramatic appearance improvement","width":680,"height":440,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-heat-fire-joke.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":500,"height":990,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-vibrant-styling.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":680,"height":436,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-age-sixteen-seventeen.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":680,"height":839,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-2012-2018-collage.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":680,"height":655,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-reverse-glowed-down.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":680,"height":444,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-before-after-transformation.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":426,"height":439,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-freshman-senior.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":680,"height":443,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/glow-up-dual-panel.webp","caption":"Glow Up","width":680,"height":432,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/glow-up/history.md","related":["draw-25-cards","cash-me-outside","ceo-of","how-it-started-vs-going","ight-ima-head-out","distracted-boyfriend","elon-musk-memes","asmr-memes","that-one-friend","thanos-perfectly-balanced","epstein-didnt-kill-himself","floor-is-lava"],"popularityRank":865,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}