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The clip comes from NSYNC's 'It's Gonna Be Me,' released in 2000 on the album No Strings Attached and a US Billboard Hot 100 number one. Because Justin Timberlake's sung 'me' sounds like 'may,' listeners joked for years that the chorus says 'it's gonna be May,' and the misheard lyric became a seasonal meme that floods social feeds every April as May approaches. TikTok and Twitter turned it into an annual tradition, keeping the twenty-plus-year-old pop hit in circulation long after its chart run.
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The famous NSYNC lyric where Justin Timberlake sings 'it's gonna be me' sounding like 'may'. A go-to meme sound for May arrival jokes and 2000s nostalgia clips.
This two-second clip is the unmistakable hook of NSYNC's 'It's Gonna Be Me,' with Justin Timberlake belting the title line and stretching the final 'me' into a long, bright 'meeeee' that famously sounds like 'may.' The vocal sits high and confident over the song's polished pop production, and the exaggerated delivery gives it a singalong energy that instantly reads as both nostalgic and ridiculous. Hearing it triggers a Pavlovian grin for anyone who grew up with early-2000s boy band pop, and the clip's brevity makes it a perfect audio punchline that lands before listeners can get tired of it.
