What is the viral ‘Queen Never Cry' meme? All you need to know about the trend that has taken over social media?

Another holiday season, another viral sensation! As we inch towards the Holiday season after navigating through festive occasions like Halloween and Thanksgiving, Christmas is upon us – and along with that, a new viral trend as well!
2024 has been a good year for memes! From tweets, we’ve come to the times of TikToks where one clipping is all it takes to trigger a new trend every other day. From enjoying the ‘Brat summer’ to acing the ‘very demure, very mindful’ look – netizens have raved on and on about so many trends on TikTok, that now we have a list of top trends!
In case of memes, from 'Dress to Impress’ Pose 28, the adorable Thai pygmy hippo Moo Deng, and Kamala Harris’s “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree” to the iconic “You swan, he frog” - one can actually kickstart a trend of 'meme wrapped' at the end of the year! However, the year-end comes with yet another unforgettable sensation! It’s the ‘Queen Never Cry’ trend we are talking about, that has taken over social media lately. What is it? What’s the origin story behind the viral trend? Read on to know all about the social media sensation.

The ‘Queen Never Cry’ meme has recently taken social media by storm especially on platforms like TikTok, Reddit, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. The phrase has become a symbol of emotional resilience and it is used in an exxagerated and humorous form to represent one who is always compoed even in critical situations.
With its catchy phrase and humorous premise the meme has captivated countless users sparking a wave of creative recreations and reinterpretations.
The webtoon panel features a mother and her newborn baby. In the panel, a nurse who helped deliver the baby hands it over to her mother. However, the child soon starts crying. Immediately after this, the nurse whispers “Queen never cry” to the baby’s ears.
This is then followed by the baby stopping to cry and putting up a blank and cold facial expression. This same expression continues in a subsequent montage depicting the baby’s growth into an adolescent and later an adult.


The 'Queen Never Cry' or 'Queen Don’t Cry' meme originally comes from the Korean webcomic ‘The Ki Sisters’. In this scene from ‘Chapter 34’ a nurse hands a newborn baby over to its mother. The baby begins to cry prompting the nurse to whisper in the infant’s ear Queen never cry. Almost immediately the baby stops crying and adopts a cold emotionless expression. This unflinching look continues throughout a montage showing the baby growing into an adolescent and later an adult still unbothered by any emotional turmoil.

The phrase "Queen Never Cry" has become a symbol of emotional resilience, used humorously to depict someone maintaining composure in tough situations. Originating from the Korean webcomic "The Ki Sisters," it features a mother telling her newborn, "Queen never cry," prompting the baby to stop crying and adopt a stoic expression. This catchphrase is now widely applied in various contexts, often used to encourage strength and humorously to describe moments when one should stay calm and collected. The meme's simplicity and relatable message have contributed to its widespread appeal and enduring popularity.

The ‘Queen never cry’ meme quickly went viral due to its unique combination of drama humor and the stark contrast between the baby’s sudden emotional shift and the intense phrase Queen never cry. It also became viral because of how it combines emotional expression with drama and humor and resonated with many people as a funny yet exaggerated reminder of how to keep composure in difficult situations. Consequently, netizens then took to social media platforms to act out the meme and film their own renditions of it.
One TikTok user remarked, “The fact that seeing her cry made me wanna cry too.”
"Let's celebrate the legacy of Queen," one X user wrote. "Someone needs to tell me the lore of this baby," another wrote. Another X user wrote, "why do webtoons always play spin the wheel between having either an adorable baby or a crazy looking diva?" "The random scenes where babies don’t act like babies is always so hilarious to me. Not Manhwa but another example is Anos Voldigoad naming himself (as an infant). always cracks me up," a Reddit user said.
A TikTok user wrote: “The fact that seeing her cry made me wanna cry too.” A netizen shared a meme and wrote, "the baby after the mom said queen never cry." An X user wrote, "okay saturday was the last day im ever gonna let my emotions get to me and cry at work because queen never cry." Another wrote, "you’re kidding me— you mean the manhwa creator who is responsible for the viral “queen never cry” meme is a GD fan looool." "And when I say this actually made me feel way better like yeah you're right queen never cry," an X user wrote. "i dont know why the first thing that popped up in my mind was queen never cry THIS THING," another comment reads. "incase you didn't know what tge queen never cry baby looks like," another wrote.
"No tears queen never cry, most viral meme on Tik Tok tap in $queen," another wrote. Netflix shared the glimpse from the series 'The Secret of Us', and captioned it, "Queen never cry." Another meme features a picture of Trump, and the caption reads, "Queen of House TikTok, First of Her Name, Queen of Solana, the Crypto, and the Degens, Protector of the Blockchain, Lady of the Tokens, Khaleesi of Viral Trends, the Unburnt, Breaker of Rugs, and Mother of Memes."
As the meme gained traction fans began to recreate it using characters from popular media. For instance, fans of the animated series Arcane and the Bayonetta video game franchise put their own spin on the meme often using famous characters to express the idea of maintaining control in the face of adversity. Some even took the meme to a global scale creating versions that represented different countries like Saudi Arabia.