01 / THE IDENTITY
Who is this cat?
The spinning cat is Ethel. Know Your Meme records owner correspondence tracing the photograph to January 2019, then a Bilibili spinning edit on April 12, 2023. The repeating sound and rotation became a remix format. The OIIAOIIA Solana token is a later, separate project.
THE KYC THESIS
You hear the picture before you read the ticker.
Ethel spins to a nonsense vocal loop. Know Your Meme traces the spinning edit to Bilibili in April 2023 and documents later music remixes. Our read: changing the soundtrack gives people an easy way to make the same joke their own.
Editorial interpretation · Explore The thesis for evidence and limits.
Distinguishing features
A cat spinning in place, paired with the OIIAOIIA sound and remixes.
Also filed under
OIIA · OIIAIIOIIIAI · Spinning Cat · Ethel
Still being researched
- Verify the original owner and earliest spinning edit.
- Primary-match the mint behind the project’s trading link.
