Tymarah Emily Shand's friends have long joked about her enduring love for Shrek, the 2001 'anti-fairytale' about a grumpy ogre who learns to open up his heart and swamp to others after venturing on a reluctant quest.
However, nobody could have guessed that the 23-year-old would declare her devotion for the iconic Dreamworks film in such a lasting fashion, opting to have a Spotify code inked on her arm in tribute.
For those who've never heard of such a thing, a Spotify Code is a QR-like tag that you can scan to access tracks within Spotify.
So when Tymarah's arm is scanned with a phone, All-Star - which die-hard fans will recall plays out as we get to know Shrek and his grouchy bachelor lifestyle in the opening credits - will play out on Spotify.
Thankfully, it works perfectly.
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Tymarah from Greenhithe, Kent said: "I thought it was so funny and it actually worked! I just think the song and film is hilarious.
"Personally, I don't think I'll regret it. I have quite a lot of tattoos and it's just a few lines on the back of my arm. I've seen far worse tattoos on people!"
Shrek-mad Tymarah first saw the comedy adventure at the cinema as a child and declares she has been "obsessed ever since", much to her friends' amusement.
The eyelash technician explained: "It's kind of like an ongoing joke between me and my friends that I like Shrek. I think we spoke about getting a Shrek tattoo once and whenever we are on a long drive I just play the song. I thought this would be better than a Shrek tattoo as it means something to me and my friends, not just a random Shrek tattoo!"
Tymarah had the unusual tat done at Sacred Empire Tattoo & Piercing in Tonbridge on Friday, January 14th. She'd initially booked in to have a Japanese dragon inked on her forearm, however, before getting out of the chair, she asked if the artist could also throw add the small Spotify Code tattoo on her upper arm.
Although it took a four-hour session to complete her dragon tattoo, it took just ten minutes for the artist, who is also a friend of Tymarah, to add the usable code. The artist made a stencil using a code Tymarah herself had screenshotted from her Spotify app.
According to Tymarah: "She knows I'm crazy so she didn't even blink an eyelid! If they change the software and it doesn't work I wouldn't care, it's a personal tattoo on my body and means something to me. I have other amazing art pieces tattooed on me and they don't have any meaning, so if anything I'm more likely to regret them than a tattoo with meaning".
Tymarah believes that the ink will serve as "a reminder of my group of friends and our humour", remarking that "lots of people get matching tattoos with friends".
Looking ahead to the future, she added: "I think it will be so funny to explain to my kids or grandkids what the tattoo is for and play them the song. So many people have tattoos about movie or TV characters, I personally don't think this is any different".
Tymarah has since posted a vid of her getting the tattoo on her TikTok, @itstymarah, clocking up almost 600k likes at the time of writing.
The video said: "When you definitely just made the best decision of your life... Tell me I'm wrong?
"If every comment is "you're wrong" I'm going to die LOL."
Thankfully there was plenty of support in the comments, with even the official Spotify account commenting to declare "you are an ALL-STAR".
Reflecting on how she felt about any potential criticism of her body art, Tymarah reasoned: "Personally I think people get super sensitive about other people's tattoos, it's not on your body so why would you care?"
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