Lucia Gorman, 24, became an online sensation in 2018 thanks to a picture taken on a night out at Milk Club Edinburgh, and has now recreated some of the internet’s most iconic memes
Lucia Gorman recreates iconic nightclub meme
Lucia Gorman, the girl who became a meme legend after her bored expression in an Edinburgh nightclub went viral, has returned to the spotlight. The 24-year-old shot to fame in 2018 when her photo from Milk Club Edinburgh, where she appeared disinterested while a friend talked into her ear, spread like wildfire across the internet.
Now, Lucia has recreated that iconic image and other memorable memes for Samsung’s promotion of their new Galaxy A56 5G phone, which boasts Best Face technology designed to fix common photo blunders using AI. She’s been captured squinting, blinking, and sneezing to demonstrate how the tech can correct involuntary actions that often ruin group photos.
A recent study commissioned by the brand revealed that the top photo faux pas include blinking (36%), making awkward faces when saying “cheese” (26%), and people blocking each other (21%).
It also found that smartphone users spend an average of 468 minutes per year editing and retouching photos, with Gen Z typically taking eight tries to get a social media-worthy snap.
Common photo edits include removing unwanted people from the background (24%), and eliminating red-eye or glare from glasses (23%). The survey revealed that the most common occasions for photo fails are selfies (31%), group photos (29%), and theme park rides (17%).
Almost four out of 10 (38%) respondents admitted to being annoyed when everyone else looks good in a photo except them. However, nearly half (47%) would still post a group photo if they looked great but a friend didn’t.
When it comes to group photos, 21% avoid taking them altogether, while a whopping 84% have chosen to delete a picture rather than posting it on social media. The main reasons for this were not liking how they looked (38%), or the photo being blurry and out of focus (21%).
Interestingly, almost half of the participants (47%) crop their friends out of their photos the most, with a quarter confessing they’ve even cropped themselves out before posting.
The study also discovered that 32% have staged a candid photo to make it appear more natural with Gen Zer’s being the biggest posers (69%) compared to millennials (47%), Gen X (23%) and Boomers (22%).
Annika Bizon from Samsung commented: “We understand the desire to capture and share life’s best moments. However, our research revealed we spend nearly a month of our lives editing photos.
“We’re empowering users to get their best shot effortlessly, so they can spend less time editing and more time enjoying those special moments.”