It’s gon na be May! Wait, May is currently right here, therefore is the initial of the May memes this month. (May the 4th be with you is awaiting its galactic turn.) A specific * NSYNC track is back in memedom for a day or two, prior to vanishing for an additional year.
It’s Gonna Be Me is a hit track launched by young boy band * NSYNC back in 2000– 25 years ago thisMay In it, vocalist Justin Timberlake does not really sing, “It’s gonna be May,” rather, he sings, “It’s gonna be me,” yet his Tennessee accent and the spin he places on words make it seem like he rates in the year’s 5th month.
So yearly, right prior to it’s gon na be May, the * NSYNC video clip obtains a spike in YouTube sights, and the memes begin flying. In 2014, also after that-President Barack Obama joked about it on Facebook, sharing a picture of himself and Timberlake.
‘Memes last permanently’
Members of * NSYNC just recently spoke about the meme on NBC’s Today.
“‘It’s Going to Be May’ time is always the gift that keeps on giving,” stated bandmember Lance Bass.
Bass credit scores the more youthful generations for maintaining his track active.
“It’s the kids out there. They’re doing it,” Bass stated onToday “I mean, memes last forever. Thank goodness. Who knew 25 years from now so remembered out of the way Justin pronounced ‘me’? Thanks, Justin!”
Timberlake himself has actually joked regarding it. On the last day of April 2020, he tweeted a photo of his COVID-masked self with the “It’s gonna be May” subtitle.
“Thanks for this, Internet,” Timberlake created in the tweet.
Spring Summer 2020. Thanks for this,Internet pic.twitter.com/I3mdWPTjiN
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) May 1, 2020
The memeing of the quote dates back to a 2012 Tumblr post, and it appears all set to advance as lengthy as there are Mays.
