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

'N Sync member's Joey Fatone and Lance Bass talked to TODAY.com about the "It's Gonna Be May" meme that continues to go viral 25 ... We didn’t have a record deal, we were working so hard, and it ...

‘N Sync's Joey Fatone and Lance Bass discuss ‘It's Gonna Be May' meme 25 years after song release The bandmates spoke with TODAY.com on the multigenerational popularity of the hit song and ...