The 'Hey Apple! What? Amazing Grace' meme is a surrealist evolution of the classic 'Annoying Orange' YouTube series that first went viral in 2009. While the original videos featured Orange annoying various kitchen inhabitants, this specific iteration belongs to the '21st Century Humor' genre of internet shitposting. It subverts the traditional punchline by replacing it with a sudden, often loud or bass-boosted rendition of the hymn 'Amazing Grace' immediately after Apple responds. This trend highlights a shift in internet culture toward non-sequitur comedy, where the humor is derived from the sheer absurdity and nostalgia of the source material being mashed together with unexpected audio.