wideVIBE

wideVIBE is used to express enjoyment of music, good vibes, or a general feeling of contentment and groove. The emote represents vibing or jamming along to music in chat, with the 'wide' aspect adding extra emphasis or humor to the expression. It conveys a sense of relaxation, enjoyment, and being in the zone with whatever music or content is playing. The stretched format often adds a comedic or ironic layer to the expression.

wideVIBE is a variation of the popular catJAM emote, which features an animated white cat vibing or bobbing its head to music. The original catJAM came from a video of a cat named Pepper that went viral in 2020. The wideVIBE variant stretches the cat horizontally to create a wider, more exaggerated version of the bobbing cat animation. This 'wide' format became popular across various Twitch emotes as a humorous distortion. The emote gained traction in 2020-2021 as part of the broader catJAM phenomenon that swept through Twitch culture, becoming one of the platform's most recognizable music-related emotes.

wideVIBE is commonly used when music is playing on stream, particularly during music streams, DJ sets, or when a streamer plays background music. It appears when chat collectively enjoys a particular song or beat. The emote is also used during chill, relaxed moments on stream when viewers are enjoying the vibe of the content. It frequently appears in spam chains where multiple viewers post the emote repeatedly to create a visual wave effect in chat, emphasizing the collective enjoyment of the moment.