‘Look between X and Y on your keyboard’: Delhi Police, Swiggy, Tinder India hop on latest X trend. What is it?

The latest trend that has taken over X asks users to look between two particular alphabets on their keyboards. Didn't quite understand that? Read on.

'Look between X and Y on your keyboard' trend takes over social media

Social media is synonymous with trends; some interesting, most of them bizarre, to put it mildly. If you scroll through social media platforms every other minute, you must have come across the new viral frenzy ‘look between X and Y on your keyboard’ already.

The trend asks users to look between two particular alphabets on their keyboards. While a section of users are using hilarious images asking fellow users to comprehend them with the given alphabets, some brands are impressing consumers with their hilarious take on the viral trend.

Look between X and Y on your keyboard: The origin story

According to indy100.com, the viral trend originated from a meme shared in May 2021 on 4Chan, an image-based site that allows users to post comments and share images anonymously.

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The meme was related to a K-On—a Japanese anime series—character with the caption, “look between T and O on your’e key bored (sic).” The letters were Y, U and I, spelled ‘Yui’, a character from a series about girls forming a band through their high school’s music club.

They will never beat the original https://t.co/9VlE3UGmGS pic.twitter.com/vQ8qlCTpT9

— Macaroni (@KeionDaisuki_01) April 20, 2024

Cut to 2024, the meme began circulating again after a few X users shared posts on ‘K-On!’ and ‘My Hero Academia’ series. The trend took a hilarious turn as users created their own versions of memes out of it. From Delhi Police to Swiggy to YouTube India, many verified handles hopped on to the trend.

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On Tuesday, the Delhi Police shared a road safety awareness post and wrote, “If you look at your keyboard while driving, the thing between Q and R will meet you with a challan. #RoadSafety @dtptraffic.” Quite creative, we admit!

Take a look:

If you look at your keyboard while driving, the thing between Q and R will meet you with a challan.#RoadSafety @dtptraffic

— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) April 23, 2024

Swiggy wrote, “Veg biryani is the best. Look between H and L on your keyboard.” Well played, Swiggy!

veg biryani is the best 🤌🏻

look between H and L on your keyboard

— Swiggy (@Swiggy) April 23, 2024

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Sharing a still featuring singer Himesh Reshamiya, YouTube India wrote, “Look between I and P on your keyboard.” Oooo!

look between i and p on your keypad 👀 pic.twitter.com/it6lvPWwbx

— YouTube India (@YouTubeIndia) April 23, 2024

Tinder India used this trend to ask its users to go on a date. “Look between Y and O to know who needs to go on a date together,” it wrote on X. Smart!

look between Y and O to know who needs to go on a date together 👀

— Tinder India (@Tinder_India) April 23, 2024

Last month, the ‘Click Here’ trend dominated X, engaging major political parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress, and the Aam Aadmi Party.

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