What does the 'low taper fade' meme mean?

[jessicabrown_ca]

Okay, I've seen 'low taper fade' absolutely everywhere along with all the ninja edits, and I genuinely do not get the joke. Can someone explain where this meme came from and why it blew up the way it did? Feel like I completely missed a moment on the internet here.

 

[celia]

It all started from a viral TikTok audio of someone singing about the haircut in a beautifully dramatic voice. Now people just ironically paste the song over the most random pictures and videos to make them funny!