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"I Love Grapes" is a memorable quote uttered by rapper Post Malone during his acceptance speech at the American Music Awards. The phrase became the subject of numerous jokes online as people did not understand Post Malone's comment.

Origin

On November 24th, 2019, Post Malone won the Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop at the 2019 American Music Awards. During his acceptance speech, he said, "Thank you for all the fans for showing love and support. We busted our ass for it. We love you very much and I love grapes."

That day, ABC published the clip to YouTube, where it received more than 525,000 views (shown below).

Spread

That day, people began meme-ing the quote. One of the earliest was a reaction video by Twitter user @millennialmindy (shown below). They used it as a reaction to the caption, "When your mom is goin’ to the store and asks if you want anything."

When your mom is goin’ to the store and asks if you want anything:#AMAs #PostMalone #ILoveGrapes so 🍇 pic.twitter.com/1B4Kxv6OsC

— Mindy Marie Kardash Jenner (@millennialmindy) November 25, 2019

That day, Twitter^[1] user @kiiviiviie tweeted, "Halsey speech: These awards don’t matter the fans do / Camilla and Shawn Mendes Speech: Hi to our moms! / Taylor Swift: Tysm *names 30 people* / Post Malone: I love grapes." The tweet received more than 1,100 likes and 150 retweets in less than two days (shown below, left).

Throughout the night, others made jokes about the speech (examples below, center and right).

Several media outlets covered the meme, including PopBuzz,^[3] Highsnobiety^[4] and more.

Post Malone's Explanation

According to Variety,^[2] "It was apparently an offhand comment he made upon entering his dressing room trailer to find grapes among the catering options -- a remark he inexplicably chose to repeat."

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