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Hello Sarah From Kero Kero Bonito refers to a popular subformat of Hello Yoshi From Super Mario memes featuring the Kero Kero Bonito vocalist Sarah Bonito, with her passport photograph shown on the Time 'n' Place album cover typically used. The subformat gained notable popularity on Reddit and Facebook in November 2019.

Origin

On November 13th, 2019, Redditor Poonah posted a Hello Yoshi From Super Mario meme drawing a humorous parallel between Tyler, the Creator's Mugshot and Sarah Bonito's passport photograph featured on the cover of Kero Kero Bonito album "Time 'n' Place" (shown below).^[1] The meme gained over 2,900 upvotes in one month, with November 14th, 2019, repost to shitpost musiqe memes stash Facebook group accumulating over 790 reactions and 2,100 shares in the same period.^[2]

Spread

In the following weeks, the Hello Sarah From Kero Kero Bonito subformat gained significant popularity in music meme communities on Reddit and Facebook. For example, a November 17th, 2019, post in shitpost musiqe memes stash Facebook group received over 340 reactions and 300 shares (shown below, left).^[3] A November 18th, 2019, post by Twitter user @kneekollie received over 360 retweets and 5,500 likes in three weeks (shown below, right).^[4]

The format maintained popularity in music meme communities on Facebook and Reddit in the following month, with versions of the meme also being posted on Twitter and Instagram.

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