US EditionIt's Gonna Be Meme: Justin Timberlake's Iconic May Joke Turns 25
- The meme "It's gonna be May," featuring Justin Timberlake from NSYNC's 2000 hit "It's Gonna Be Me," resurfaces every April 30 worldwide online.
- The meme originated from Timberlake's accented pronunciation shaped by Swedish producers, a detail confirmed by Timberlake during a 2023 interview on Hot Ones.
- The meme first appeared on Tumblr in 2012, and its versions have spread across social media including Timberlake's own masked post on X during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
- Lance Bass called it "the gift that keeps on giving," and Timberlake acknowledged "Thanks for this, Internet" as the meme continues engaging younger generations annually.
- This longstanding cultural phenomenon demonstrates how a viral moment from two decades ago remains relevant through internet creativity and musician participation.
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The reason what led Justin Timberlake to be the protagonist for years of a millennial meme – Pledge Times
Since in May 2000 the song was launched It’s gonna be me as a single album No Strings ATTECHED, Second study of the group NSYNCJustin Timberlake became the object of memes on the Internet every April 30, a fact that went viral with the arrival of social networks and that still survives in part thanks to the millennial nostalgia. The song that was written in 15 minutes and that was the protagonist of an entire fan phenomenon in the 90s The famou…
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