What is the Flower Nose AI trend?

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Short answer

A selfie close-up on a fixed phone camera. Someone with a flower stem tucked in a nostril pinches the nose, squints hard, pulls out a small white daisy and holds it up to the lens, usually to a line about hoping he buys you flowers. Real people started it in May 2026.

Example frame: a woman with long black hair and a denim shirt in a sunny garden, holding a small white daisy up beside her smiling face
Example frame: a woman with long black hair and a denim shirt in a sunny garden, holding a small white daisy up beside her smiling face

Where it came from

@darraghomurchu posted the original on 6 May 2026, a real person filming himself, at about 806,000 views. The hashtag #flowerinnose appeared on 17 May. A Turkish remake by @berkanaytin61 on 28 May reached about 4.9 million views and started the first big wave.

The AI versions are new: on 26 October a pet account posted a dog with a flower crown, labelled by TikTok as AI-generated, with a few hundred views so far. Counts were read on 31 October 2026 and not audited.

Why people copy it

  • The song does the joke: the line about hoping he buys you flowers turns a silly face into a punchline.
  • It is one gag: a pinch, a squint and a pull need no skills and no props except a small flower.
  • The reveal is the reward: the tiny daisy at the end is what people stay for.

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This is an internet meme, and the sound is “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars. MimicZip is an independent tool, not made, endorsed or licensed by Bruno Mars or the accounts that posted the trend, and the song is not part of your video.

Where this trend comes from

  • The clip we follow

    @darraghomurchu · TikTok · May 6, 2026 · 806.6K views — The clip we follow: the original, filmed with a real person. Our video matches seconds 2 to 10 of the 11-second post, and its sound starts at 2 s
  • @berkanaytin61 · TikTok · May 28, 2026 · 4.9M views — The Turkish remake, the most-viewed version
  • @pomi_daily_life · TikTok · Oct 26, 2026 · 681 views — The first pet version, labelled by TikTok as AI-generated; few views so far

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Questions people ask

How long is the pull?

From the pinch to the raised flower it takes about 4 seconds. Ours spends 8 seconds in total, ending on a smile.

Does it have to be a daisy?

No. The original uses a small white daisy; here you can also pick a rose, a sunflower, a tulip, cherry blossom or a poppy.

Is it painful or real?

No. It is a harmless face-pulling gag, and in our video the flower is generated, not a real object.

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