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!

*NSYNC appeared on Hot Ones and explained why Justin Timberlake pronounces the lyric like "may" in their hit song "It's Gonna Be Me," which has inspired a meme.

Timberlake sang the titular line of *NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me" in a way that "haunts" him to this day, he joked on social media Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital ...

The iconic line that launched years of "it's gonna be May" memes was a specific stylistic choice, according to Timberlake. "I sang 'It's gonna be me', and he was like, 'No, no, no, no, no.

In case you weren't aware, the Justin Timberlake memes are back with a reminder: "It's Gonna Be May" (on Thursday.) ...

Later during the episode, Timberlake clarified the pronunciation of “Me” in the band’s hit song “It’s Gonna Be Me,” which eventually turned into a meme on social media because it ...

*NSYNC’s hit “It’s Gonna Be Me” has made headline once again in the lead up to May 1 thanks to the “Social Network” star’s famed mispronunciation.

We hope we never have to say "Bye Bye Bye" to this meme. It's May 1, so, of course, members of the boy band *NSYNC acknowledged what has now become a time-honored tradition: the "It's Gonna Be May ...

The memes trace their origins to the 2000 hit single "It's Gonna Be Me" from NSYNC's second album, "No Strings Attached," which was made especially popular by its accompanying video, which depicts ...