# Sean O'Pry Edit > A 2015 cologne ad, a 2014 remix and every boring thing you sit through before the good part. Updated Oct 20, 2026 · first seen Sep 9, 2026 · on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube, Reddit. Where it is in its life: Everyone (peak). Peak: searches are near their high and most people get it. Also called: Sean O'Pry meme, Sean O'Pry trend, TRNDSTTR edit, TRNDSTTR meme, seanopryedit. Page: https://viralmeme.ai/meme/sean-opry-edit ![A frame of the first Sean O'Pry edit, posted by @.fwmatu on TikTok: O'Pry in black and white, arms raised, from the fragrance ad](https://s.viralmeme.ai/uploads/viralmeme/site/viralmeme/memes/originals/sean-opry-edit.jpg) The original post, by @.fwmatu, on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@.fwmatu/video/7683476721953230102 The sound: "original sound - matu" by matu♥︎, on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-matu-7683476752341142294. To post yours with it, open that page in the TikTok app and tap "Use this sound". ## TL;DR The Sean O'Pry edit is a TikTok meme built on model Sean O'Pry's 2015 Paco Rabanne 1 Million fragrance ad, cut to Black Coast's "TRNDSTTR (Lucian Remix)." The first edit, by @.fwmatu on September 9, 2026, had 22.7 million plays by October 20, and the format became a template: text about something dull, then the beat drops on the one thing that makes it worth it. Know Your Meme added an entry on October 16. ## What does Sean O'Pry Edit mean? A Sean O'Pry edit is a reaction in two beats. First comes a setup, usually on-screen text about something people sit through: a party, a group project, a slow day at school. Then the TRNDSTTR drop hits and the clip cuts to O'Pry striking dead-serious fragrance-ad poses, standing in for the moment you perk up: the free food arriving, the one hobby you actually like, the game finally getting good. Wikipedia sums up the format as text about things people don't enjoy before the one thing they do, "letting the edit commence." The humour comes from the gap between a glossy luxury ad and the small thing it's celebrating. Many creators also redo the edit with a character in O'Pry's place, from anime heroines to TV detectives, keeping the same song and timing so viewers recognise the template at once. ## Why did Sean O'Pry Edit take off? The edit was striking before anyone captioned it: black-and-white footage of a model Models.com once ranked the most successful man in the business, timed to a remix built for big drops. That made it easy to repurpose. Any setup can lead into it, so the Sean O'Pry edit spread through gaming, anime and school TikTok within three weeks. The numbers did the rest. By October 20, at least six remixes posted in September had passed 2 million plays each, and fans of games like Apocalypse Rising were posting their own versions on Reddit by October 8. ## Where did Sean O'Pry Edit come from? Sean O'Pry is an American model from Kennesaw, Georgia. Models.com named him the most successful male model in the world in September 2013, and he played Taylor Swift's love interest in the 2014 "Blank Space" video. His Paco Rabanne 1 Million fragrance spot was uploaded to YouTube by the fan channel Sean O'Pry SPAIN on February 4, 2015, and gained about a million views over the following years. The music is older still. Black Coast, a Brooklyn trio, released "TRNDSTTR" with vocals by M. Maggie, and the New York producer Lucian posted his remix in November 2014, per Complex. On September 9, 2026, TikTok user @.fwmatu posted an edit of the ad set to the Lucian remix. It had 22.7 million plays and 5.2 million likes by October 20, per its TikTok page, and it became the template for the trend. - **Nov 21, 2014:** Complex reports Lucian's remix of Black Coast's "TRNDSTTR." - **Feb 4, 2015:** The Paco Rabanne 1 Million ad with Sean O'Pry is uploaded to YouTube by Sean O'Pry SPAIN. - **Sep 9, 2026:** @.fwmatu posts the first Sean O'Pry edit on TikTok; it reaches 22.7 million plays. - **Sep 22–30, 2026:** Remixes about gaming, free food, school and anime characters go up; each later passes 2 million plays. - **Oct 16, 2026:** Know Your Meme adds a Sean O'Pry Edit entry. ## Popular versions of Sean O'Pry Edit ### "The one good part" edits Text about something dull, then the drop on the payoff. @therealplmaximus's gaming version from September 22 had 17.6 million plays by October 20, and @novaeditschip's "Me and da boys whenever there's free food" from September 28 had 3.7 million. ### School edits @tangyuan_glare's September 30 edit about drifting off in class ("that's a nice sheep") had 11.7 million plays by October 20. ### Character swaps Fans redo the edit with someone else in O'Pry's place: Itsuki Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets (@1shami_, 3.6 million plays), Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling (@heheedit1, 2.3 million) and Patrick Jane from The Mentalist (@wexyn.ae, 2.2 million). ### Game communities Players drop their own game into the format, as in r/ApocalypseRising's "That one Sean O'Pry meme" on October 8. ## How to post Sean O'Pry Edit on TikTok 1. Open with on-screen text about something dull you sit through. 2. Cut to the edit on the TRNDSTTR (Lucian Remix) drop. 3. Caption it with the one thing that made it worth it. ## Make your own ViralMeme explains this meme but doesn't make it: it's about a real person, and the site never puts anyone's face in a meme about someone else. ## Questions about Sean O'Pry Edit ### What song is used in the Sean O'Pry edit? "TRNDSTTR (Lucian Remix)" by Black Coast, with vocals by M. Maggie. Lucian, a New York producer, posted the remix in November 2014; on TikTok one widely used version of the sound is titled "trndsttr." ### What ad is the Sean O'Pry edit from? A 2015 commercial for Paco Rabanne's 1 Million fragrance starring Sean O'Pry. A fan channel, Sean O'Pry SPAIN, uploaded the 43-second spot to YouTube on February 4, 2015. ### Who made the first Sean O'Pry edit? TikTok user @.fwmatu, on September 9, 2026. Know Your Meme credits that post as the origin; it had 22.7 million plays and 5.2 million likes by October 20, 2026. ### Who is Sean O'Pry? An American model born in 1989 in Kennesaw, Georgia. Models.com ranked him the world's most successful male model in 2013, and he appeared as Taylor Swift's love interest in the "Blank Space" video. ### Is the Sean O'Pry edit the same as the TRNDSTTR meme? Yes. People call it the TRNDSTTR meme or TRNDSTTR edit after the song; the Sean O'Pry edit is the same format with the same remix. ### How do you make a Sean O'Pry edit? Start with text about something you don't enjoy, then cut to the ad footage or your own subject on the TRNDSTTR drop. Many creators use the TikTok sound so the timing matches the original. ### Can I make a Sean O'Pry edit of myself on ViralMeme? No. The meme is built on a real person's ad, so ViralMeme explains it but doesn't make it. ## Sources - [Know Your Meme: Sean O'Pry Edit (Oct 16, 2026)](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sean-opry-edit) - [@.fwmatu on TikTok: the first Sean O'Pry edit (Sep 9, 2026)](https://www.tiktok.com/@.fwmatu/video/7683476721953230102) - [Sean O'Pry SPAIN on YouTube: 1 MILLION Fragrance by Paco Rabanne 2015 (Feb 4, 2015)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMmHXf9QKX8) - [Complex: Listen to Lucian's Remix of Black Coast's TRNDSTTR (Nov 21, 2014)](https://www.complex.com/music/2014/11/black-coast-trndsttr-lucian-remix) - [Wikipedia: Sean O'Pry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O%27Pry) - [@therealplmaximus on TikTok (Sep 22, 2026)](https://www.tiktok.com/@therealplmaximus/video/7688420029238496534) - [@tangyuan_glare on TikTok (Sep 30, 2026)](https://www.tiktok.com/@tangyuan_glare/video/7691163307658513678) - [r/ApocalypseRising: That one Sean O'Pry meme (Oct 8, 2026)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApocalypseRising/comments/1x0tmsn/) ## What changed on this page - Oct 20, 2026: Added the sound the post uses, with a link to it on TikTok. 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