This Teenager Who Works At Target Is The Internet's Newest Viral Meme

Meet Alex. He works at Target. And he's the internet's newest viral meme.

It all started when a Twitter user posted this photo on Sunday. It wasn't her photo, she explains, but she wanted to share it. Soon, the tweet started picking up retweets and favorites.

A star is born."Alex from Target" is your run-of-the-mill good looking teen; and he was catching the approving eyes of everyone who saw his photo.

The meme started to pick up:

Honestly this is probably gonna happen worldwide?? #alexfromtarget #AlexFromTargetFollowParty pic.twitter.com/r5vgBwConA

- Luke Not From Target (@LukeSiperly) November 3, 2014

Buzzfeed found some great ones, and by Monday morning, the teen's face had made it to CNN.

I DONT WANNA LOSE MY CHANCE #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/aH6k4xBPqz

- cynthia so sleep (@rushameezy) November 3, 2014

Even moms know about him!

even my mom is talking about alex from target wtf

- ? (@_nicolepalermo) November 3, 2014

So who is Alex from Target? Gawker reports that "Alex is a cute teen from Texas." He works at Target. His Twitter handle is @DGM_Alex. He is aware of his fame.

Am i famous now?

- DGM_Alex (@acl163) November 2, 2014

Already fake accounts of me ??

- DGM_Alex (@acl163) November 3, 2014

After he blew up on social media, he gained hundreds of thousands of followers.

Now i have to change my number...

- DGM_Alex (@acl163) November 3, 2014

Here's what Target had to say:

We heart Alex, too! #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/LvA7qc5RfS

- Target (@Target) November 3, 2014