Released in 2000 as a single from NSYNC's album No Strings Attached, It's Gonna Be Me topped the charts in the United States and became one of the group's signature songs. Online, fans singled out Justin Timberlake's pronunciation in the chorus, which sounds like May, and turned a still from the music video into a recurring joke shared every spring. The gag spread through social media memes, reaction videos and edits, and it still returns each April as people anticipate May.
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Justin Timberlake sings the famous It's Gonna Be Me hook from NSYNC's 2000 hit, used in May memes, nostalgic throwback edits and reaction videos.
The clip is Justin Timberlake delivering the chorus hook from NSYNC's It's Gonna Be Me, with his voice sliding into the famously misheard May pronunciation over a punchy late-nineties pop beat. The vocal is bright, confident and instantly recognisable, rising on the final word before the music cuts off. Hearing it triggers instant nostalgia for early 2000s pop and the yearly joke that returns every April, when fans start counting down to May. It works as a punchline on its own, landing with a knowing smile rather than needing any explanation.
