And the specificity of the question leads to its universality. The origin of the “would you still love me if I was a worm” meme comes from two tweets posted by @shutyourhell in June 2019.

she had to have known she was tempting the internet's meme machine. Her so-called “worm” look nearly overshadowed her “Best Collaboration” VMA win for her song “Kiss Me More” with SZA ...