The line comes from '#SELFIE', released in early 2014 by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers on Dim Mak Records. Built around a spoken monologue by a clubgoer narrating her night out, the track exploded online alongside its selfie-filled music video and became an anthem of peak selfie culture. The phrase outlived the song as meme shorthand for vanity and clout-chasing, resurfacing in TikTok edits, reaction clips and compilations of people prioritizing their phones over the moment.
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The famous 'but first, let me take a selfie' line from The Chainsmokers' viral 2014 hit. Meme creators drop it over vain, photo-obsessed moments in edits.
The clip captures the deadpan female voice from The Chainsmokers' track drawling 'but first, let me take a selfie' over a bouncy synth build, the beat swelling just underneath the words before it cuts out. It sounds flippant and self-absorbed, like someone pausing a crisis to pose for a photo, and that is exactly why it lands. Viewers recognize the line within a syllable, so it works as an instant shorthand for vanity, clout-chasing or perfectly timed narcissism, turning any scene of someone choosing their camera over the moment into a joke everyone is already in on.
