Some memes come and go, but others stay around for years—even decades—and make a yearly appearance no matter what. NSYNC’s 2000 hit, “It’s Gonna Be Me,” unknowingly created one of ...

The meme stems from NSYNC's 2000 smash hit "It's Gonna Be Me." When singing the titular line in the song, Justin Timberlake annunciates the word "me" as "May." According to a 2016 article from E!

The meme — which originates from a line sung by Timberlake in the 2000 hit “It’s Gonna Be Me” — was born in 2012, according to the database KnowYourMeme, and lives on in photos ...

But even so, a quarter century later, every April *NSYNC memes are all the fans ever wanted, all they ever needed, and they want them back. The reason? The next month is gonna be May.