One of TikTok’s most buzzed-about videos of the moment shows a young man chopping a banana.
The inexplicably popular clip has already been viewed more than two millions times, and dozens of women have left drooling comments — and even recorded smiling reaction videos.
All this fanfare is in response to a simple 28-second recording of Los Angeles-based musician Arthur Fabbro peeling a banana in his kitchen and quickly chopping it into pieces with a spoon.
Chop chop! Los Angeles-based musician Arthur Fabbro peels a banana in his kitchen and quickly chops it into pieces with a spoon in a popular TikTok video
Fruit: Arthur stands in his kitchen dressed in a Paddington Bear T-shirt and a knit cap. He looks straight into the camera, seemingly making eye contact with the viewer as smooth jazz plays
In the clip, Arthur stands in his kitchen dressed in a Paddington Bear T-shirt and a knit cap.
He looks straight into the camera, seemingly making eye contact with the viewer as smooth jazz plays.
‘I’m gonna show you how I slice up my bananas for oats, or cereal, or whatever you like,’ he says.
He reaches for a banana, removing most of the peel. He explains that he keeps a third of the peel on, pointing to demonstrate.
Arthur then holds the banana over a bowl and uses a spoon to quickly chop the banana in pieces, treating the extra banana peel as a makeshift cutting board to stop the spoon.
Viral: The video has quickly been viewed two million times
Instant fame: Arthur figured he had a funny idea on his hands, but is surprised that the video has gone viral
‘I’ve been slicing bananas like that since I was a child. I’m a big fan of bananas and I think early on it just made sense and was efficient,’ he said
When he finishes, he looks up into the camera and smiles again, saying, ‘That’s it.’
The video has quickly been viewed two million times, and earned over 388,000 likes.
Arthur figured he had a funny idea on his hands, but is surprised that the video has gone viral.
‘I thought it’d be funny to set up a romantic mood by pairing the jazz music with the casual banana slicing, but definitely didn’t expect the response it’s gotten,’ he told BuzzFeed.
As for his cutting method, he added: ‘Knives are dangerous, so a spoon is the way to go.
In love: Female viewers are leaving fawning comments about being ‘in love’ and wanting to get married
‘I’ve been slicing bananas like that since I was a child. I’m a big fan of bananas and I think early on it just made sense and was efficient.
‘Over the years, I was losing months of my time, so I wanted to save everybody some time by teaching them the secrets to banana spooning … Glad everyone knows how to cut a banana now.’
He has certainly taught a lot of people, but viewers also seem to be tuning in for other reasons.
‘So I think we should get married,’ wrote one commenter.
Still going: Quite a few viewers have also recorded their reactions as they watch the video
Oooh! They’re capturing their calm expressions and smiles as Arthur chops the fruit
‘I thought it’d be funny to set up a romantic mood by pairing the jazz music with the casual banana slicing, but definitely didn’t expect the response it’s gotten,’ Arthur said
‘Why did I fall in love,’ wrote another, while a third said: ‘This video made me feel something for the first time in 4 years.’
Yet another called the clip ‘calming’ and wrote, ‘I needed this,’ while one more woman said she thinks the draw is all the eye contact.
They haven’t stopped there. Quite a few viewers have also recorded their reactions as they watch the video, capturing their calm expressions and smiles as Arthur chops the fruit.
Meanwhile, Arthur has some more fruit preparation tricks up his sleeve: He has also shared a video demonstrating his mother’s method for cutting mangoes.