![]() ![]() The boy band, who is still working and promoting its latest album In A World Like This, has invented their own meme playing off their breakthrough hit " As Long as You Love Me." Yesterday, Timberlake's photo circa 2000 was making huge waves around Tumblr, Twitter and other social media sites with the infamous phrase "It's Gonna Be May" (meant to mock his odd singing voice in NSYNC's No Strings Attached classic " It's Gonna Be Me").īut, just like back in the day, Backstreet Boys aren't about to get left behind. But now, BSB is trying to claim the whole spring month for themselves with their own May themed meme. Today, as we all know, is May 1, meaning yesterday (April 30), the Internet was filled to the brim with Justin Timberlake "It's Gonna Be May" memes. They are fully embracing the viral moment, because it seems that when you can’t shake a pesky meme, you just run with it.It might seem like it's been years since the battle of boy band supremacy was fought between Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, but now it seems like a certain meme has sparked competition between to '90s superstars yet again. Now, Timberlake’s former group members-who still occasionally perform together, having recently hit the stage with Ariana Grande at Coachella-are getting in on the action, too. In it, Timberlake adds some real flavor to the “me” part of the chorus, singing it more like “mayyyy.” Thus, a meme was born, and Timberlake now lives on as the official proclaimer of the month. ![]() The meme originates from *NSYNC’s 2000 song “It’s Gonna Be Me,” from their album No Strings Attached. And every year, a few days before the first of May, Justin Timberlake’s face takes over your Twitter and Instagram timelines, proclaiming, “It’s gonna be May.” ![]() Take October 3: you can’t log onto the Internet without seeing a GIF of Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, asking Cady Heron what day it is. There are certain days of the year that are now meme-central, and “It’s gonna be May” is one of them. ![]()
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