DEEP DIVE

Three lines in Ariana Grande‘s hit song “thank u, next” has fans debating various theories about which of her exes she’s referring to when she sings:

One taught me love

One taught me patience

One taught me pain

These lines also inspired a meme format which displays three images and suggests that the first one taught them love, the second taught them patience, and the third taught them pain.

one taught me love, one taught me patience, one taught me pain pic.twitter.com/jcPkfsmHH4

— Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) November 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/annieyilingwang/status/1059884428380450816

one taught me love, one taught me patience, one taught me pain pic.twitter.com/kKBZ0YW4nX

— Zoë (@snarfsnart) November 6, 2018

One taught me love
One taught me patience
One taught me pain pic.twitter.com/4IraFGlhGE

— Marcella Arguello (@marcellacomedy) November 6, 2018

One taught me love
One taught me patience
One taught me pain pic.twitter.com/HeGgyQ3JW6

— me tiene cansao 🇵🇦 (@ThomasPoptart) November 7, 2018

one taught me love
one taught me patience
one taught me pain pic.twitter.com/mJQ6x58Mdk

— bensley mortimer (@benarmishaw) November 5, 2018

One taught me love, one taught me patience, and one taught me pain pic.twitter.com/7cn86g3rVI

— arbyn (@lacroixtears) November 6, 2018

One taught me love, one taught me patience, and one taught me pain. Now I’m so amazing. pic.twitter.com/Sz19khGZjm

— Ryan Bloomquist (@ryanbloomquist) November 4, 2018

one taught me love, one taught me patience, and one taught me pain pic.twitter.com/LKujY9opaj

— nicole boyce (@nicolewboyce) November 5, 2018