About

Coconut Water Meme, also known as What Is This? Coke. What Is This? Water. Coconut Water or Coke + Water = Coconut Water, refers to a catchphrase and lyric taken from the song "Coconut Water" released in early May 2026 by rapper Trim in which she sings "coconut water" in an exaggerated accent. The song, particularly the way in which Trim says, "Coconut water," began seeing use in memes and skits in mid-May 2026 as a TikTok trend revolved around a dad joke emerged.

The trend typically involves two or three people at a market or grocery store who hold up a bottle of Coca-Cola and ask, "What is this?" with the respondent saying, "Coke." The other person would then hold up a water bottle and ask, "What is this?" with the respondent answering, "Water," followed by the person knocking the two bottles together and saying, "Coconut water," in Trim's accent from the song.

Origin

The song "Coconut Water" was initially teased on the @itsmstrim TikTok^[1] page, with a snippet of the song being uploaded to the platform on April 20th, 2026. The teaser amassed over 10.2 million views and 1.7 million likes in just over one month.

Discussions around the song and its perceived lack of quality began to spread across the platform in the following weeks, with some users adopting an ironic admiration for the song.

On May 1st, 2026, TikTok^[2] user @coconutwaterdaily posted an a acapella version of the song with attached lyrics. The video received over 1.2 million views and 202,000 likes in less than three weeks.

"Coconut Water" by Trim was then fully released on music streaming platforms, such as Spotify, on May 6th, 2026. The accompanying music video was uploaded to the ItsMsTrim YouTube^[3] channel a few days later, on May 8th, accumulating over 2 million views in about two weeks.

As the song spread, it became subject to a TikTok trend in which a dad joke, was made by combining Coke and coconut water before goofily singing the song with Trim's accent. The trend has mostly been utilized by larger accounts with many followers.

On May 16th, 2026, the family TikTok^[4] page @the.wahab.familyy posted a notable example, which received over 49.9 million views and 4.3 million likes in about 10 days.

Spread

The Coconut Water trend spread on the platform with little variation over the following weeks into late May 2026.

For instance, on May 22nd, 2026, TikTok^[5] user @dabigback posted a video following the same joke template, which received over 2.6 million views and 219,700 likes in about four days.

On May 25th, 2026, TikTok^[5] user @summerfarage posted a video following the formula, which received over 8.4 million views and 416,800 likes in just one day.

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