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I Say Into the Mic

I Say Into the Mic

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About

I Say Into the Mic refers to a snowclone popular on Twitter in which a person walks up to a microphone and says an opinion causing the crowd to boo. The crowd are then silenced by an famous person and authority figure on the subject who agrees with the person being booed.

Origin

On December 18th, 2017, Twitter user @hisnameiscarter[1] tweeted first example, gaining over 2,200 retweets and 9,200 likes. In the tweet, he stated "Lorde is better than those shitty Beatles," to which the crowd boos, only to be silenced by Whitney Houston.


charl marxcx @hisnameiscarter Follow "Lorde is better than those s----- Beatles," I say into the mic. The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "He's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 3rd row stands: Whitney Houston 5:03 PM-18 Dec 2017

Spread

The snowclone would be tweaked by different users several times over the following day, and usually focused on musical artists. The meme reached its widest audience yet when on December 19th, Twitter user @fastjellyfish[2] tweeted the scenario with boy band Big Time Rush, gaining over 34,000 retweets and 119,000 likes (shown below, left). The popularity of that tweet contributed to the format moving away from music. A popular non-musical example of the tweet posted by loserichie[3] gained over 30,000 retweets and 83,000 likes (shown below, right).


sarah @fastjellyfish Follow "Big time rush is better than those s----- Beatles," I say into the mic. The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "He's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 5th row stands: Mozart himself. 6:07 PM-19 Dec 2017 jadey @loserichie Follow "Im a p------------" say into the mic The crowd cheers loudly. I begin to walk off proudly, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "She isn't wrong". I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 4th row stands: my mother, 4:43 PM-20 Dec 2017

The meme was covered by Twitter Moments[4] on December 21st. The meme also spread to Tumblr, where many of the posts had to do with various shippings. For example, a post by stormpilot2k17[5] about Star Wars: The Last Jedi gained over 1,900 notes (shown below, left). A post by 353gays[6] about Stranger Things also gained over 1,300 notes.


"Poe Dameron is gay," I say into the mic The crowd boos. I begin to walk off the stage in shame, when a voice commands silence from the room. "She's right." I look to the owner of the voice. There in the 5th row stands: Oscar Issac himself #saw this on twitter and couldn't help myself #poe Dameron #stormpilot #Star Wars #the last Jedi #finnpoe #Star Wars the last Jedi #tlj #swtlj #Oscar Issac "el and max should be best friends," I say into the mic. the crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "she's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. there in the 5th row stands: millie bobby brown herself. #wow i made one #let them be FRIENDS #how many times have i said this #eleven #jane hopper #max mayfield #stranger things #stranger things 2 #stranger things cast #milie bobby brown #sadie sink

Various Examples


pinned if unf @heartwines Follow "i've seen this joke 1000 times today," i say into the mic the crowd boos. i begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks & commands silence from the room "she's right," they say. i look for the owner of the voice. there in the 5th row stands: my entire twitter timeline. nouf @yourgetawaycar Follow "1989 is better than reputation." I say into the mic The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame,when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "She's right" they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There In the 3rd row stands: Harry Styles Corn on the Cob(y) // 99 @CobyDeCucumber Follow "mint oreos are good", i say into the mic the crowd boos. i begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks & commands silence from the room "he's right," they say. i look for the owner of the voices. there in the 3rd row stands: god himself ee cummies Follow @babyuniversal "theres nothing wrong with human cloning," i say into the mic the crowd boos. i begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "she's right, you know". i look for the owner of the voice. there in the 5th row stands: me. 9:08 AM-21 Dec 2017 maria @cevansdoritos Follow Sebastian Stan is Luke Skywalker," I say into the mic The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room "She's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voices. There in the 9th row stands: Mark Hamill 5:58 PM-20 Dec 2017 tahlia |89 @fememist Follow "And that is why l cry everytime l look into a mirror." I say into the mic The crowd bursts into laughter. I start to walk off, but then I hear a strange voice shout out "How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real?" lturn my head and see, in the front roW, Jaden Smith 9:28 AM-21 Dec 2017

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External References

[1] Twitter – @hisnameiscarter

[2] Twitter – @fastjellyfish

[3] Twitter – @loserichie

[4] Twitter Moments – You need to speak into the mic for this new meme

[5] Tumblr – stormpilot2k17

[6] Tumblr – 353gays

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