Tame Impala Is Just One Guy
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About
Tame Impala Is Just One Guy is a piece of music trivia used as a catchphrase in memes which paint it as a commonly cited fact by people attempting to show how deep their music knowledge is, when really the fact has been shared so much that it's often considered common knowledge. Memes centered around the fact that Tame Impala consists only of one member, Kevin Parker, first started appearing online as early as April 2019, becoming further popularized throughout the early 2020s, with the fact often being attached to variations of the bro explaining meme.
Origin
The musical act Tame Impala is often mistaken as being a band, despite their records being recorded by one man, Kevin Parker, with a band only accompanying Parker during live performances. One of the earliest memetic references to this was posted to /r/TameImpala[1] on April 2nd, 2019, garnering over 600 upvotes in five years (shown below, left).
On January 11th, 2020, a screenshot was posted to /r/tameimpalacirclejerk[2] titled "Omg guys wtf!!! Tame impala is just one guy!!! Mind = blown" showing a Reddit comment section where someone discovers, for the first time, that Tame Impala is only one guy, garnering over 150 upvotes in four years (shown below, right).
Spread
On March 10th, 2020, Facebook[3] page Memes by Chris posted a bro explaining meme using the fact, garnering over 3,500 shares and 1,200 reactions in four years (shown below, left). On February 21st, 2022, X[4] user @PigsAndPlans posted a meme of The Weeknd yelling in Drake's ear, captioning it, “Tame Impala is actually just one guy," garnering over 38,000 likes in two years (shown below, right).
On March 28th, 2023, TikToker[5] @ivansurbabano posted a video lip syncing to an original sound where an AI Joe Rogan shares the fact, garnering over 1.1 million views in a year (shown below).
@ivansurbabano tame im-mothereffing-pala
On April 28th, 2024, X[6] user @caitiedelaney posted a Donald Trump meme captioned, "me letting another man tell me tame impala is just one guy," garnering over 1,800 likes in a week (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – TameImpala
[2] Reddit – tameimpalacirclejerk
[3] Facebook – Memes by Chris
[4] X – PigsAndPlans
[5] TikTok – ivansurbabano
[6] X – caitiedelaney
