Sad Kanye
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About • Origin • Spread • Notable Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Sad Kanye is a photoshop meme based on an Instagram photograph of the American rapper Kanye West looking morose while sitting on a lawn chair in zip line gear during a trip to Mexico in April 2014.
Origin
On April 30th, 2014, Instagram user and photographer Alex Yenni[1] posted an Instagram photo of a picture he found in a zip-lining office in Mexico[2] which features a smiling Kim Kardashian with Kanye West sitting slightly behind them and looking sad (shown below). The photo’s caption reads:
"Bumped into Kim. Kanye wasn't thrilled."
In less than a week the photo gained over 100 likes.
The photograph was most likely taken in July 2012, as suggested by another photograph of West and Kardashian in the same outfits and gear tweeted out by Girls Gone Wild’s Joe Francis[3] on July 31st, 2012 (shown below). The photoshop meme didn't begin until May 1st, 2014, when Redditor loltatz submitted the picture to the subreddit r/pics[7]. In less than a week, the photo gained over 16,000 upvotes.
Awesome vacation. Great pic with KimKardashian @kanyewest pic.twitter.com/v7CBzcfH
— Joe Francis (RealJoeFrancis July 31, 2012
Spread
On May 2nd, 2014, the original photo was covered by The Huffington Post,[4] followed by roundups of the best examples of the photoshop meme on Death and Taxes[5], Slate[6] and SheKnows.[8] Also on May 2nd, the single topic blog Sad Kanye Doing Stuff[9] was created on Tumblr.
![Sad Kanye HIMYM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/964/f8d.jpg)
![Sad Kanye Playground](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/965/ba2.jpg)
![Sad Kanye Avril EVERYBOD A STAR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/967/1cf.jpg)
Notable Examples
![Sad Kanye Dinner](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/932/4bd.jpg)
![Sad Kanye Pregnancy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/933/b97.jpg)
![Sad Kanye Gump](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/937/7fe.jpg)
![Sad Kanye and Drake](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/939/0b1.jpg)
![Sad Kanye Nature](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/941/8ef.jpg)
![Sad Kanye Selfie MAKES GROUNDBREAKING RAP MUSIC GETS PUT IN TIME OUT WHILE WHILE GIRLFRIEND TAKES SELFIE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/749/943/373.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] Buzzfeed – A Photographer Discovered A Picture Of Kim Kardashian And A Very Sad Kanye West In A Zip Line Office
[3] Twitter – RealJoeFrancis
[4] The Huffington Post – Sad Kanye West Simply Cannot Muster Any Excitement For Zip-Lining
[5] Death and Taxes – Sad Kanye is the funniest meme you’ll be sick of in a week
[6] Slate – Sad, Zip-Lining Kanye Is the New Sad Keanu
[7] Reddit – A New Sad Kayne Pic Has Emerged
[8] SheKnows – Yeezus Needs a Hug
[9] Tumblr – sadkanyedoingstuff
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Tags: celebrity, photoshop, kanye west, kim kardashian, sad kanye,
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