I'm pretty sure that emoji combination was in use for quite a while before this happened. Actually, when I saw it around Twitter I assumed it was people just referencing that or using it for its slightly surreality…
I’ve seen kids using it on TikTok for at least 2 weeks
Their statement said this started out when a group of friends put the emojis in their profile after seeing it on tiktok, and then people started to wonder if they were all working on something together, so they ran with it.
You're right, because I was the one that started using it in 2014.