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Keanu Reeves Dining in Headphones refers to a scene film the 2019 romantic comedy film Always Be My Maybe in which Keanu Reeves, played by himself, cries while dining in headphones at a restaurant. The scene gained significant popularity in edits on Instagram in late June 2019.

Origin

On May 29th, Netflix romantic comedy film Always Be My Maybe premiered.^[1] In one scene of the film, character Keanu Reeves, portrayed by himself, dines at a restaurant while wearing headphones and tears up.

Spread

On June 9th, 2019, YouTube user Minh Họa Đồ uploaded the scene to the platform, with the video receiving over 124,000 views in three weeks.^[2]

On June 23rd, 2019, Cyranek posted an edit of the video with the song "Fallen Kingdom" by YouTuber CaptainSparklez added in to Instagram (shown below).^[3] The edit gained over 385,000 views and 58,500 likes in three days.

In the following days, multiple Instagram users posted their versions of the meme with various nostalgic and wistful musical compositions edited in, with notable versions by chub.mp4,^[4] raeraerandy,^[5] largetrap^[6] and memedealer.dan.^[7]

Various Examples

Templates

On June 26th, 2019, Instagram user x.azoth posted a green screen edit of the scene (shown below).^[8]

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