Interrupting Kanye Meme Template

An interruption turns someone else’s moment into a speech about your favorite thing. Pair a polite opening with a wildly confident claim about a snack, habit, or everyday preference.

Kanye holds the microphone while Taylor waits beside him with the award. The image gives a simple opinion the timing and insistence of an unwanted interruption.

The familiar structure promises to let someone finish, then immediately makes a competing claim. A trivial subject works because the delivery treats it like the most important announcement in the room.

On September 13, 2009, Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. He took the microphone to praise Beyoncé’s competing video. Later that evening, Beyoncé invited Swift back to complete her speech. [1]

The interruption quickly became captioned images and video edits. The phrase “Imma let you finish” introduced new comparisons, often declaring an unrelated person or thing the best of its kind. [2]

Use the dark space across the upper left for your opening. Put the competing claim along the bottom, leaving the two faces and the microphone visible.

Make the claim specific and deliberately overconfident. A small preference, such as the best leftover meal, is enough to justify an absurdly grand interruption.

The polite interruption

The opening in the dark space above Kanye.

Your competing claim

The favorite thing you insist everyone hear about.

• Keep the opening brief.
• Name the favorite thing in the lower caption.
• Let the mismatch between the topic and the delivery supply the joke.