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  • Epic Riff: The EDM/video game style music before the final verse of "Good Feeling" is widely considered one of the best riffs of The New '10s and the best part of an already awesome song.
  • First Instalment Wins: "Low" is his Signature Song and is still considered a 2000's pop classic, contrasting with the Critical Dissonance that the rest of his music receives.
  • Mainstream Obscurity: Despite having racked up numerous chart-topping hits and having collaborated with the likes of Lady Gaga, Kesha, Nicki Minaj, and Sia, he's hardly a recognizable personality, physically or otherwise and his success with hit singles hasn't translated into album sales, as none of his albums have done better than gold. In fact, the featured artists' choruses seem to be the only thing remembered about his singles - T-Pain, Kesha, David Guetta, Avicii, Sia, and Sage the Gemini all seem to be more affiliated with "Low", "Right Round", "Club Can't Handle Me", "Good Feeling", "Wild Ones", and "G.D.F.R." respectively. The only songs Flo has been able to carry on his own with public memorability are "Whistle" and "My House". Speaking of which, he hasn't had a successful single since the latter nor released any records since the eponymous EP of 2015, further pushing him into obscurity. Todd in the Shadows once described him as "a superstar who isn't famous."
  • Memetic Mutation:
    • The hook of "Low", particularly the mention of "shawty" having "them apple bottom jeans and boots with the fur", has spawned a lot of Internet jokes. One example would be frustration over someone who's wearing their apple bottom jeans being unable to find their boots with the fur, instilling an insecurity that the club won't be looking at them. It's become a small trend to make versions of the song as if they were sung by other artists, often to the tune of one of their other songs.
    • "Whistle" is no slouch in the meme department either due to its childish euphemism for fellatio. And then came the infamous "Josh Hutcherson Whistle" meme, which became one of the internet's biggest Bait-and-Switch pranks since the Rick Roll. It became so popular in fact, that his Spotify Wrapped message in 2023 was the ''Whistle'' video.
  • Signature Song:
    • His debut single "Low" is undoubtedly his most popular one, remaining at ten consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, being the most downloaded single of the 2000s decade at six million in total, and being the #1 song on the 2008 Year-End charts. Its catchy and memetic hook sung by T-Pain and association with Step Up 2: The Streets have only contributed to its popularity.
    • "Right Round", "Good Feeling", "Wild Ones", "Whistle", "G.D.F.R.", "Club Can't Handle Me", and "My House" aren't too far behind in recognition either. The former is given credit for its sample of the hook from Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Right Round" and musical debut of future popstar Kesha, the second for its catchy interpolation of Avicii's "Levels" and usage in a trailer for Wreck-It Ralph, the third for being Sia's breakout into the music scene, the fourth for its arguably memetic Double Entendre and the equally memetic Josh Hutcherson edit, the fifth for its iconic saxophone beat drop, the sixth for being featured in Dance Central 2, and the latter for its featurings in movie trailers and sport events.
  • Suspiciously Similar Song: "Whistle" has often been remixed with "Self Esteem" by The Offspring, as they both follow the same chord progression and have the same beat. The resemblance is uncanny, to say the least.

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