Justin Timberlake drags his ‘It’s Gonna Be May’ meme with TikTok trend

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took 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.