Nobody Likes Me — iHeart, Vancouver

💡 5 things to know

1. Banksy passed it onBanksy posted the image to his Facebook page; HuffPost B.C. counted over 10,000 shares and 91,000 likes. HuffPost B.C. · Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive Checked The figures: Reported
2. No. 2 of 2014StreetArtNews ranked it the second most-searched street art piece of 2014, behind a Banksy, and first for February 2014. Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive Checked
3. The idea backfired“Basically the idea behind the piece completely backfired,” iHeart told HuffPost B.C., as the anti-social-media piece went viral on social media. HuffPost B.C. blog · Surrey Now-Leader Checked
4. An anonymous artistiHeart keeps his identity secret and describes himself as “just a boy with ideas, opinions and a whole lot of aerosol.” “Anonymity is a must,” he said. HuffPost B.C. · Daily Hive · HuffPost B.C. blog Checked
5. Sold as a printiHeart offered 11 × 17 inch prints of the image for $30. HuffPost B.C. · Daily Hive Checked

📍 Check-in guide

🗓️ Sightings

1. 20145 Mar

   Banksy shares it

2. 201413 Mar

   iHeart interviewed

3. 20156 Jan

   Ranked No. 2 of 2014

All stamps are publication dates, not photographs. HuffPost B.C. located the original in Stanley Park in March 2014, citing The Province. Later reports repeat the ranking but do not say the piece was still there, so the status stamp stays at 2014.

📰 On the record

✅ The facts

Title

Nobody Likes Me. Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive · HuffPost B.C. blog Checked

Artist

iHeart, an anonymous Vancouver street artist. HuffPost B.C. · Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive Checked

Location

Stanley Park, Vancouver. HuffPost B.C. · Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive Checked

Technique

Daily Hive calls it a wheat-paste stencil; the Surrey Now-Leader calls it a painting. Daily Hive · Surrey Now-Leader Conflicting Our photograph shows a stencil.

Date

Made before March 2014, when Banksy shared it; the exact date is Unconfirmed. HuffPost B.C.

Banksy

Shared on Banksy’s Facebook page. HuffPost B.C. · Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive Checked Daily Hive’s page gives over 60,000 likes and nearly 7,000 shares within two hours; HuffPost B.C. over 10,000 shares and 91,000 likes, counted later. Reported

Ranking

Second most-searched street art of 2014 on StreetArtNews. Surrey Now-Leader · Daily Hive Checked

Status

Last reported in place in March 2014. HuffPost B.C. Reported Whether it survives is Unconfirmed.

Photograph

Street Art Utopia archive image uploaded on 12 March 2022, photographer and capture date not recorded. Unconfirmed

🔗 Related

• Canada Made Me Look Twice (12 Photos): the SAU collection that includes this stencil.
• Boy Crying for Instagram Likes by iHeart: SAU’s earlier post on the piece.
• Follow Your Dreams (Cancelled) by Banksy: a Banksy stencil with its own Artwork File.

All sources (5)

Reports

• HuffPost B.C.: news report on iHeart and Banksy’s Facebook post, 5 March 2014. Stanley Park (citing The Province), Banksy’s Facebook post, share and like counts, prints.
• HuffPost B.C.: blog post on iHeart, Sunny Lenarduzzi, 13 March 2014 (updated 13 May 2014). iHeart’s quotes. Counted with the HuffPost B.C. report as one source.
• Surrey Now-Leader: Vancouver’s ‘Nobody Likes Me’ named world’s 2nd most popular street art, Kolby Solinsky, 6 January 2015. Title, Stanley Park, StreetArtNews ranking.
• Daily Hive: Nobody Likes Me: Vancouver street artist’s work goes viral thanks to Banksy, page dated 19 December 2017; its content dates from 2014. Wheat-paste stencil, #NotBanksy, early like counts.
• Daily Hive: City removes iHeart’s amazing street art exhibition (Photos before the removal), page dated 19 December 2017; about a different iHeart show at Granville Loops Park. Mentions the Stanley Park piece and its 2014 ranking.

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