Justin Timberlake shouldn't get credit for 'It's Gonna Be May' meme. Find out who should. – Yahoo

May is upon us which means those “It’s Gonna Be May” memes have been dusted off and are back in circulation.To the uninitiated — those of you who weren’t singing along to NSync in the early aughts — the meme was born from the boy band’s 2000 hit “It’s Going to Be Me,” off their second album, No Strings Attached. Justin Timberlake crooned “me” as “mayyyy” and now every April 30, which has officially been dubbed “It’s Gonna Be May Day,” we are reminded of it — and JT’s iconic curly locks, which he wore nearly as well as his Canadian tux.”It’s Gonna Be May,” so get ready to see a lot of Justin Timberlake’s retro mug. (Image: Tumblr)When Yahoo Entertainment caught up with former NSync star Lance Bass, we asked about recording the song and Timberlake’s odd delivery of the lyrics.”I remember — ’cause Max Martin produced this — I remember [Max] saying, ‘Do it more like this: ‘mayyy, mayyy,'” Bass recalls. “So [Justin] did. I remember Max making him sing it that way.”Bass adds, “That wasn’t, I don’t think, [Justin’s] choice. That was a Max Martin thing.”That was the party line shared by Timberlake as well back in
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