"I Love Kanye" (originally "I Miss the Old Kanye") is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo (2016). The song was solely produced by West, who wrote it alongside Malik Yusef. A spoken word track, it has no instrumental. Lyrically, West shows self-awareness by making fun of his changing public image while referencing the internet meme that he loves himself. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who were often complimentary towards West's lyrics. They mostly praised his self-awareness, while a few critics highlighted West's arrogance.

In 2018, Billboard named "I Love Kanye" as the 11th greatest interlude of all time. The song peaked at numbers 14 and 48 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively. It was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In February 2016, West used the song against Kyle Mooney during their rap battle on Saturday Night Live (SNL). Meek Mill used an Instagram post to reference the song in May 2018. Numerous remixes of the song were released from February to March 2016, including respective ones by Key Wane and DJ Premier.

Prior to "I Love Kanye", there had been internet memes about how much West loves himself, which he capitalized on with the song. Many critics and fans have claimed that West's music and political views were better earlier in his career, with him using the song to show awareness of such criticism. The song was produced by West, standing alongside "Siiiiiiilver Surfffeeeeer Intermission" as one of the two tracks on The Life of Pablo that he solely produced. West co-wrote the song with Malik Yusef.

"I Love Kanye" was originally titled "I Miss the Old Kanye". A day before the album's release, West debuted the track on Saturday Night Live (SNL) by using it in a freestyle rap battle against American comedian Kyle Mooney. On February 14, 2016, "I Love Kanye" was included on The Life of Pablo. The following month, West took to Twitter and sent out lyrics from the track in separate tweets for each line. When West was at Disneyland in June 2016, a young child asked him how he wrote the track. West replied by grinning and saying, "I just thought about what I loved."

Musically, "I Love Kanye" is a spoken word track. The song has no instrumental, with West rapping a cappella throughout. According to a number of music journalists, he raps in a humorous manner. West ends the song with a laugh.

In the lyrics of the song, West demonstrates self-awareness while mocking his changing public image. West acknowledges the viral memes that reference how much he loves himself, rapping "I love you like Kanye loves Kanye" at one point. He also addresses criticism that his music was better in the past, particularly when he released his first two studio albums The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005). West refers to different versions of himself, such as the "old Kanye", "new Kanye", and "sweet Kanye". In total, West mentions his forename 25 times in the lyrics.

On February 14, 2016, "I Love Kanye" was released as the ninth track on West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo, which was a Tidal exclusive album at the time. The song was later made available on the streaming services Spotify and Apple Music on March 30, 2016, and West tweeted out a link to the website ilovekanyesong.com that featured direct links to the song on the streaming services alongside their logos. "I Love Kanye" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, with them mostly praising West's lyrics. Ryan Patrick of USA Today highlighted the self-awareness demonstrated by West on the song for showing him "heralding his own singularity as an artist". The New York Times' Jon Caramanica also noticed West's self-awareness, referring to the song as "a rhyme and hubris exercise" that is "also a rant that's also a barometer of public opinion that's also a wink". Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone admitted West sounding as if he "is actually mourning the long-running love affair between Kanye and Kanye" is why the song "stings, especially the punch line 'I love you like Kanye loves Kanye'" because West has awareness that he consistently "fucks over the one he loves", even himself, who Sheffield asserted West "loves most". Expressing a similar sentiment, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian pointed to the line as an example of "self-awareness occasionally suggested by TLOP's lyrics". Pitchfork critic Jayson Greene noted mirrors are seen by West "everywhere he looks" after he has "changed the genre's DNA with every album", reaching the point at which every album has provided inspiration for "a generation of direct offspring" and the song's message is clearly that West is done with "creating new Kanyes, at least for now". Greene continued by opining that West is fine "to just stand among them, both those of his own creation and their various devotees" while branding his rapping on the song as "wryly".

Reviewing in his Vice Expert Witness column, Robert Christgau described the song as a "pseudo-freestyle meta-wink" and called it a narcissist's version of The College Dropout track "We Don't Care" that is "almost as funny". Christgau elaborated, writing: "The sour-grapes self-examination morphs into a pseudo-outlet track." In a somewhat mixed review for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick wrote "I love you like Kanye loves Kanye" is West's apparent "idea of an ultimate compliment" and noticed the line is likely his attempt "to make a joke about perceptions of his egomania" while deriding how "underlying it is an actual egomania that blinds West to just how narrow his self-obsession really is". In NME, Gavin Haynes dismissed the song's "postmodern LOLs" as one of the "unwelcome guests" on the album.