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I Can Hear Just Fine, Speak is a quote from a scene in Love On the Spectrum season three in which Connor gets frustrated at his mother after she tells him that she set him up on a date with a blonde woman, Kate, despite Connor being opposed to dating blondes. The scene comes from the first episode of the season and went viral on social media in April 2025, the month the season premiered. Most notably, the audio from the scene became a popular lip dub sound on TikTok, used in skits about getting frustrated with someone.

Origin

On April 2nd, 2025, the third season of Love On The Spectrum U.S., a dating show that follows autistic singles as they try to find love, premiered on Netflix. In the first episode, the mother of one of the singles, Connor, explains to him that she set him up on a date with a girl named Kate who is a fan of the show. She explains that Kate is blonde. Connor gets frustrated with his mom because his mom didn't tell him about the date earlier and because she's blonde. At one point he says, "I can hear just fine, speak." His mother responds, "I feel like you're upset with me." He answers, "I am very upset with you."

The clip was posted to the Netflix Facebook^[1] page that month, garnering over 19 million views in an unclear span of time. It was also posted by TikToker^[2] @who_even_needs_usernames on April 7th, 2025, with the added on-screen caption, "Me when bsf doesn't share her food," garnering over 4.9 million views in just under two weeks.

Spread

The clip went viral and the original sound for @who_even_needs_usernames's video was used over 10,000 times in the next two weeks, often as a lip dub audio.

On April 9th, the clip was uploaded by Instagram^[3] user insta.single, garnering over 34,000 likes in about a week. On the same day, Connor's sister, @anna.tomlinsonn, posted a lip dub video to TikTok^[4] set to the audio, garnering over 6.5 million views in the same span of time. His mother also posted a video using the sound to TikTok^[5] that day, garnering over 3.5 million views.

On April 11th, TikToker^[6] @miacwood1 posted a video using the audio to describe the feeling of not having a cigarette in 17 days, garnering over 2 million views in a week.

On April 15th, TIkToker^[7] @kamilahlovescupcakes posted a video to the sound captioned, "Me when my boyfriend calls me by my government name," garnering over 300,000 views in three days.

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