Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
Justin Timberlake drags his ‘It’s Gonna Be May’ meme with TikTok trend
nypost.comtook to TikTok Sunday and admitted that his mispronunciation of the word “me” in his hit 2000s song “It’s Gonna Be Me” has haunted him over the years.
The video, which as of Monday has been viewed nearly 16 million times, shows the former boy band member answering the video prompt. “What’s a word you pronounced incorrectly one time and it still haunts you to this day?” asked TikTok user Gabi Hartman.The video then switches over to Timberlake, 42, wearing a black tank top and necklace. “Um, Me,” smiled the “Cry Me a River” singer before abruptly ending the video.
The lyric, which sounds like “It’s gonna be may,” has become a widely used meme in the internet community generally used toward the end of April or on the first day of May.
Despite Timberlake begging fans to use the correct pronunciation, many have refused. “It will forever be “Mayyyyyyyy,” commented one fan. “I will never not share the ‘it’s gonna be May’ meme,” joked another. “‘It’s gunna be may,’ will be in our lives forever,” declared a third user.
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