--- title: Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Video description: Prepare to feel extremely unoriginal canonical: https://time.com/4179645/instagram-cliches-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-13T22:01:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:44.640Z og:title: See All the Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Hypnotic Video og:description: Prepare to feel extremely unoriginal og:url: https://time.com/4179645/instagram-cliches-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See All the Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Hypnotic Video twitter:description: Prepare to feel extremely unoriginal twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See All the Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Hypnotic Video by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 13, 2016 10:01 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 13, 2016 10:01 PM UTC If you’ve looked at your [most-liked Instagram photos](http://time.com/4164240/instagram-bestnine-photos-2015/) of 2015, chances are at least a _few_ of them are kinda-sorta cliche. A gorgeous sunset over the Manhattan skyline, perhaps? Your feet surrounded by autumn leaves? An overhead shot of your avocado toast at brunch? We’re all guilty of posting some Instagram cliches once in a while. This new [video](https://vimeo.com/151297208) from artist Hiérophante compiles some of the most common — and the results are mesmerizing. “I took advantage of our tendency to be unoriginal on social media to make this animation,” the artist [writes](https://vimeo.com/151297208) on Vimeo. He also points out that he knows other people have made similar videos—”so it seems that making a video about clichés is a cliché too…” Some of the cliches you’ll see in the video include mirror selfie, legs in bathtubs, people pretending to push over the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and a whole bunch of nail art. Yup, prepare to feel extremely unoriginal. Or, prepare to roll your eyes at another person attempting to critique social media. Either way. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4179645/instagram-cliches-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4179645/instagram-cliches-video/"},"headline":"See All the Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Hypnotic Video","datePublished":"2016-01-13T22:01:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:44.640Z","description":"Prepare to feel extremely unoriginal","url":"https://time.com/4179645/instagram-cliches-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4179645/instagram-cliches-video/","name":"See All the Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Hypnotic Video"}}]}] ```