One Kiss is All It Takes (iShowSpeed Meme)

One Kiss is All It Takes refers to a viral video of streamer iShowSpeed dancing along to the song of Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris, titled “One Kiss.” 

Initially, the streamer is singing along to the song, however, in a sudden change of heart, he throws his headphones on the floor and kicks them to his screen, in a fit of rage.

The video became a popular exploitable format on TikTok, where people used it to create reaction comparison videos.

@bo.on.the.low i’d lick the floor of those metros… #nyc #subway #europe #metro #travel #ockyway ♬ One Kiss – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa

The “One Kiss is All It Takes” meme originates from a live stream of YouTuber iShowSpeed, uploaded on August 12th, 2022. During the stream, the YouTuber was playing the video game Just Dance, when his audience asked him to dance along to “One Kiss” by Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris.

The streamer proceeded to play the song, warning the audience, that “this better not be no girl song.” Unfortunately, it was indeed what he would consider a “girl song.”

Upon reaching the chorus of the song, Speed was singing along and imitating the moves of the dance, however, at the sudden realization of the girliness of the song, he threw his headphones on the ground and kicked them to his computer screen, almost breaking it, and his camera, in the process.

The clip gained a large amount of views since then, although the original stream was deleted by the YouTuber.

By August 28th, the TikTok account @igreenscreenthings shared a TikTok of iShowSpeed singing “One Kiss is All It Takes” in front of a greenscreen, creating the template for countless TikToks to come.

In September 2022, TikTok was swarmed by the creations of users, combining Speed with various backgrounds, as if he was reacting to them. Although the trend grew massively by the end of September, it slowly died down in the following months, only to be made viral again in early 2023.

“One Kiss is All It Takes” became a popular comparison meme, similar to Pedro Pascal Driving, or Winnie the Pooh.

• KnowYourMeme – iShowSpeed “One Kiss Is All It Takes”