{"id":57442,"date":"2026-07-01T01:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=57442"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:00:22","slug":"a-through-explanation-of-what-the-love-island-usa-boy-kc-chandlers-back-tattoo-actually-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/07\/01\/a-through-explanation-of-what-the-love-island-usa-boy-kc-chandlers-back-tattoo-actually-is\/","title":{"rendered":"A thorough explanation of what the Love Island USA boy KC Chandler’s back tattoo actually is"},"content":{"rendered":"

KC Chandler has got rather a lot of screen time on Love Island USA lately (and not for good reasons). He returned from Casa Amor with the new bombshell Tierra Davis, and his former partner Aniya Harvey wasn’t exactly impressed.\u00a0 If you’ve noticed his tattoos amidst all this drama, and you’ve wondered what they actually are, then you’re in luck! Here’s an explanation of what the Love Island boy KC’s tattoo really means.<\/p>\n

Since Love Island USA<\/a> participants lounge around in swimwear all day, we’ve seen lots of KC’<\/a>s bare back. Those tattooed letters on KC’s upper back spell out “Still I rise”.<\/p>\n

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This is the name of a fairly famous poem<\/a> by Maya Angelou, which was published in 1978. The (much-quotes) final verse goes: “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, \/ I am the dream and the hope of the slave \/ I rise \/ I rise \/ I rise.”<\/p>\n

It’s possible that KC may have taken inspiration for his tattoo from another place, though. Lewis Hamilton<\/a> also has “Still I Rise” inked along the top of his back.<\/p>\n

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