About

Inappropriate Audition Songs is a phrasal template which is often used to frame jokes on Tumblr about performing an improper song while auditioning for a role in a film or television show.

Origin

On February 13th, 2015, Tumblr user mienti uploaded a screenshot of a text message conversation asserting that "the next meme should be inappropriate audition songs," followed by several examples using the phrasal template "I'm auditioning for the part of X and I'll be singing Y" (shown below).Within one week, the post gained over 118,000 notes on the microblogging site.

Spread

On February 16th, Tumblr user gabeebert^[1] posted a joke about singing the 1965 baroque pop song "Yesterday" by The Beatles while auditioning for the Broadway musical Annie, receiving more than 12,000 notes in four days. On February 18th, Tumblr user someonewithacoolsupernaturalurl^[3] posted a collection of inappropriate audition song examples (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post gathered upwards of 2,400 notes.

On the following day, Tumblr user norsass^[5] posted a joke about auditioning as the creator of the meme while performing the 2007 R&B song "Apologize" by Timbaland, gaining over 71,000 notes in 24 hours (shown below). On February 20th, Imgur^[4] user wellthisjustgotinteresting created an image gallery containing screenshots of notable examples of the Tumblr meme.

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