What Is The 'I Will Be There No Matter What' Meme? Kylian Mbappe's Catchphrase Meme Explained

French professional footballer Kylian Mbappe recently left Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) after playing as a forward for seven years. During that time, back in 2020, he was on such good terms with the French soccer team that he replied to rumors of his departure with the quote "I will be there no matter what." The catchphrase grew to become a viral meme on the internet.

Here's what you need to know about Kylian Mbappe's catchphrase "I will be there no matter what."

What Is The 'I Will Be There No Matter What' Meme?

While Kylian Mbappé was playing with the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club in 2020, he was asked about where he would be playing in the following year, promptly debunking any rumors that he would leave the French soccer team by saying "I will be there no matter what." This quote was then uploaded to X / Twitter by the official sports media account of Bleacher Report, @brfootball, stating that Mbappé wasn't going anywhere (shown below).

How Did Kylian Mbappe's 'I Will Be There No Matter What' Catchphrase Become A Viral Meme?

Mbappé's catchphrase joined other popular NBA quote card memes on X in late 2022, in which users recontextualized his quote as a reaction image for an array of posts. For example, on November 26th, 2022, the X account @lilmeekbfg uploaded the phrase as the opener to a joke about Benzema and a perceived attraction to the daughter of fellow player Luis Suarez, stating that he would be attending Suarez's daughter's Quinceanera (shown below).

The Mbappé meme continued to be used as a reaction image even in non-sports related content, like the one posted by Redditor /u/SabbathDiscovery in July 2023, utilizing the phrase in the context of organic chemistry and always having impurities in the final result despite undergoing recrystallization five times in an attempt to purify it (shown below).

For the full history of Kylian Mbappe's "I will be there no matter what," be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.