About

I Will Not Be Getting 2025 Nostalgia refers to memes and jokes about cringe internet and meme trends that gained traction in July and August 2025, with internet users and TikTokers, in particular, asserting that they will not miss the viral memes of that year. Memes and pop culture topics often referenced in "2025 Nostalgia" edits include the Labubu, Matcha, Dubai Chocolate trend, as well as viral memes like Tung Tung Tung Sahur and Nothing Beats a Jet 2 Holiday. Music often referenced in 2025 Nostalgia memes includes the song "Anxiety" by Doechi, Kendrick Lamar screaming mustard and Benson Boone singing "Moonbeam Icecream."

Origin

Memes about what future nostalgia for 2025 could look like can be traced as far back at May 2025, as seen in a May 24th post by TikToker^[1] @shitpostmemeatron that referenced Juggtok memes like Chopped Chin, Property in Egypt, Druski Dancing and Eye of Rah.

The TikTok,^[1] which reflected positively on memes prior to May 2025, gathered over 3 million plays and 500,000 likes in three months.

By July 2025, TikToks about 2025 meme trends began to veer more negative, as seen in a July 6th video posted by TikTok^[2] user @str_alyy.010 that featured topics such as Labubus, Sydney Sweeney's Bathwater Soap, Dead Rose Emojis, Tralalero Tralala, the SYBAU Guy and World War 3 memes.

The caption on the TikTok^[2] video read, "Btw ts is gonna be 2025 nostalgia 💔💔💔🥀🥀🥀🥀💔🥀💔🥀💔🥀." The post gathered over 400,000 plays and 70,000 likes in a month.

Spread

Other TikTokers posted videos joking about how they wouldn't feel nostalgic about 2025, given the memes that went viral that year, as the trend spread online over the following months.

For instance, on July 11th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @microwavedshrimp1 posted a video compiling various 2025 meme trends alongside a caption that read, "This is what 2025 nostalgia will look like by the way," gathering over 400,000 plays and 100,000 likes in three weeks.

On July 13th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @munchrymama posted a video captioned, "I will NOT be getting 2025 nostalgia," set to the I'm Talking About Innit sound effect, gathering over 4 million plays and 800,000 likes in two weeks.

On July 26th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @21julian1222 posted a I Will Not Be Getting 2025 Nostalgia video that gathered over 2 million plays and 300,000 likes in a week.

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