# Singing Killed My Grandma "Singing Killed My Grandma" comes from the 2016 DreamWorks film Trolls, where the character Branch explains his refusal to sing by recounting that his grandmother died saving him from a hungry Bergen chef. YouTube remixers started splicing the audio into Moana scenes as early as July 2017, and by February 2023 Twitter users were running Trolls comic threads around the catchphrase as an all-purpose excuse. ## Origin In the 2016 DreamWorks film Trolls, Branch tells Poppy that his grandmother died protecting him from a Bergen chef after his loud childhood singing drew her in. YouTube user Holly Jolly Transformations later uploaded the isolated voice-line scene on April 20, 2020[3]. The earliest known audio remix predates that cutout, however: on July 6, 2017, YouTube channel Epic Roasts spliced the line into a Moana sequence, which went on to earn over 11,000 views[1]. - **Platform:** DreamWorks film Trolls / YouTube and Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview Posts in the Twitter-era format rely on a two-panel template built from stills of the pink troll Poppy and the gray troll Branch. The first panel usually shows Poppy asking "Why not? Why won't you X?" and the follow-up shows Branch answering with "X killed my grandma," where X stands for whatever the poster wants to avoid, from exercise to small talk[4]. Earlier YouTube edits took a different route, splicing Branch's audio line into unrelated musical scenes so it plays as a sudden interruption of someone else's song[1]. Humor in both versions trades on the gap between Branch's genuine childhood trauma and the cheerful DreamWorks musical setting around it. Users either amplify that gap by placing the clip into another animated musical such as Moana[2], or they use the Trolls thread format to turn Branch's refusal into an all-purpose excuse for not doing something. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Singing Killed My Grandma? It is a line spoken by the character Branch in the 2016 DreamWorks film Trolls that YouTube remixers turned into an audio joke and Twitter users later adapted into a thread template[3]. ### Where did Singing Killed My Grandma come from? The line comes from the 2016 animated film Trolls, where Branch explains to Poppy why he refuses to sing[3]. ### What does Singing Killed My Grandma mean? Within the film, it means Branch's grandmother died saving him from a Bergen chef drawn in by his loud childhood singing; online, it works as a stand-in refusal for anything a poster wants to avoid[3]. ### How do you use Singing Killed My Grandma? On Twitter, the common pattern is a two-tweet thread where Poppy asks "Why not? Why won't you X?" and the follow-up shows Branch answering that X killed his grandma. YouTube versions splice the voice line into another animated musical scene for a tonal gag[1]. ### Is Singing Killed My Grandma still popular? Audio remixes using the line began appearing on YouTube in 2017[1] and later uploads kept the joke in circulation years afterward[5]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIeepe7iYmI]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZwWloN-d78]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynidmiccNRc]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/singing-killed-my-grandma]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7al5jEA8ezo]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yESWiIRubZQ]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/singing-killed-my-grandma Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library