It appeared in 2006 in Los Angeles at the one night pop-up exhibition Barely Legal. The work is known through reproduction prints because the original is lost and explores the contradiction between romanticism and consumer society.

Against a pastel blue background, a couple is drawn in black and white stencil technique; they float in water, embracing each other, their smiles peaceful and romantic. In red letters ‘I WANT TO MEET MY TRUE LOVE’ is written, immediately next to it ‘FOR CHEAP CASUAL SEX’ is added. The composition is minimalist and striking: an innocent love scene distorted by sexual consumption.

Banksy shows the couple in a fairytale embrace, thereby undermining the promise of ‘true love’ with modern dating culture. This is a reference to the rise of online dating in the 2000s; by equating love with ‘cheap casual sex’ as a commercial transaction, he satirises capitalism’s commodification of emotions and mixes romanticism with pop culture.

It symbolises how capitalism turns sincerity into ‘packaged pleasure’. Banksy emphasises the loss of authenticity in a society that sells love. He masterfully critiques the corruption of love in the age of consumption.