IShowSpeed GTA IV Edit

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Updated Sep 17, 2026 at 03:02PM EDT by Zach.

Added Sep 17, 2026 at 11:27AM EDT by Phillip Hamilton.

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About

The IShowSpeed GTA IV Edit or GTA Speed, also known as the Speed GTA 4 Loading Screen Edit or the IShowSpeed GTA Theme Meme, is a Grand Theft Auto IV loading screen parody meme that transitions between several Chadified edits of streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed (Speed) while the theme song from Grand Theft Auto 4 plays in the background.

The video edit using the GTA 4 theme went viral on X / Twitter in September 2026 and became the subject of memes, also spreading to TikTok and other social media. As a meme, the video is typically paired with captions about doing something manly or valiant, only for that effort to be ignored. That month, a clip of IShowSpeed reacting to the meme went viral, in which he states that he doesn't get what makes it funny.

Origin

On May 18th, 2025, X^[1] / Twitter user @iiiwkz posted a video edit that sets the Grand Theft Auto IV theme song to a Chadified image of IShowSpeed, garnering over 11,000 likes in a year.

pic.twitter.com/k6cwnhq6Mj

— wkz (@iiiwkz) May 18, 2025

On September 10th, 2026, X^[2] user @bourglor posted a version of the edit that transitions between several Chadified images of Speed set to the same theme song, garnering over 10,000 likes in a week. The images notably pan and move similar to loading screens in GTA 4.

Ishowspeed speed edit of some pictures with grand theft auto gta music / confused question mark idk how to feel confusing mood / reaction video meme pic.twitter.com/OuSRlJg8mD

— himejofries 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 🐈 🍟 (@bourglor) September 10, 2026

Spread

X / Twitter users began using the clip of IShowSpeed set to GTA 4's main theme as a meme in September 2026.

On September 15th, 2026, X^[3] user @zakariasolos posted the video, writing, "Told the barber to give me the usual and he asked who am I," garnering over 129,000 likes in two days.

Told the barber to give me the usual and he asked who am i pic.twitter.com/aMNG9lywrN

— zak (@zakariasolos) September 15, 2026

On September 16th, X^[4] user @geekedgoob posted a version of the meme captioned, "Held the door for a girl and she used the other one," garnering over 89,000 likes in a day.

Held the door for a girl and she used the other one pic.twitter.com/rBo9iuTrxI

— 🇬🇾 (@geekedgoob) September 16, 2026

That day, X^[5] user @IShowSpeedHQ posted a clip of IShowSpeed reacting to the meme, garnering over 33,000 likes in a day.

🚨| WATCH: Speed reacts to a GTA 5 style loading screen made entirely from his pictures and can’t understand why everyone keeps turning them into MEMES 😭💀

“Why are y’all laughing at these pictures…? What is so funny?” pic.twitter.com/shOKA5ZRPk

— Speedy HQ (@IShowSpeedHQ) September 16, 2026

Also on September 16th, 2026, Washington Post journalist and X^[6] user @GenePark posted a version of the meme reading, "me watching everyone else go through it too," garnering over 4,300 likes in a day.