You’ll spot it in captions about bouquets six days after Valentine’s Day, that office plant wilting under fluorescent lights, or the garden after a heatwave. In texts, it reads as “I’m done,” “fizzled romance,” or “pls send water (and emotional support).” On Apple/iOS, it’s a red rose in side profile with its head bowed to the right, a stem bent at an angle, and two drooping green leaves—clean gradients, no vase, no falling petals—just quiet doom. The deep crimson petals and glossy shading make it instantly recognizable as the rose that’s seen some things and needs a nap.
Used ironically, it pairs perfectly with a humblebrag to say you’re “dead” in the funniest way, or dropped under a flop-era joke for maximum melodrama. People also toss it in after being ghosted or when their plants collapse dramatically, and to meme burnout: me after one workout; me after going outside once. It’s the go-to for heartbreak posts, Monday energy, end-of-era captions, and any moment your social battery falls from 100 to buffering.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 10 update.
