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I Got a Brand New Saxophone, also known as I Just Jugged a Band Director, I Got a Brand New Saxophone, refers to a satirical hip-hop and meme rap song called "troy bolton" by Tockyy, in which the beat includes a saxophone solo after the rapper says he "jugged a band director" and now has a "brand new saxophone." Some mistakenly heard, "I just jumped a band director," or "I just dropped a band director." The song went viral on TikTok in March and April 2025, spawning a viral TikTok sound that was mostly used for Ashton Hall's Morning Routine memes.

The meme evolved into the name That Saxophone 🔥, which riffed on a precursor meme called 1:14 That Piano 🔥. The joke was about a YouTube comment raving about a piano sample in a rap song. The phrasal template was applied to the I Got a Brand New Saxophone song, eventually spawning variants like That Banjo 🔥, which concerned a spin-off song with an out-of-place banjo sample with the lyrics, "I just killed a hillbilly and took his banjo."

Origin

On March 18th, 2025, rapper Tockyy released "troy bolton," receiving over 43,600 views on YouTube^[1] in 17 days. At the song's 1:00-minute mark (shown below), Tockyy raps, "I just jugged a band director. I got a brand new saxophone."

On March 18th, Tockyy posted the I Just Got a Brand New Saxophone snippet on his TikTok^[2] account @whotockyy, using it for a meme featuring Druski with a caption about guys in prison trying to act like they're having a "jolly time." The caption also used the Dead Rose Emoji. It gained over 54,600 likes in 17 days (shown below).

Spread

Tockyy's video spawned a TikTok sound^[3] that gained viral use in the following weeks. For instance, on March 19th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @leelsnitchin posted a video of Ashton Hall sprinting, joking in the caption about guys who "start moving on the last rep after jogging all practice," gaining over 266,600 likes in 16 days (shown below).

Rapper Tockyy also started to post memes about Ashton Hall and his morning routine using his I Got a Brand New Saxophone sound. For instance, he shared a TikTok^[5] on March 25th of Hall saying, "I was really in the air for four minutes," captioning it, "Unc has officially lost it." His video received over 2 million likes in 10 days (shown below).

On March 24th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @whereissgabe used the sound for a video of a guy dancing with the caption, "We ALL bumping TS all summer," gaining over 214,400 likes in 11 days (shown below). In the video's description, the TikToker wrote, "0:16 that saxophone 🔥🔥."

On April 1st, TikToker^[7] @abbythmas posted a video of herself doing an Accuracy Meme Reenactment of Tockyy's song, gaining over 855,300 likes in three days (shown below).

Various Examples

Related Memes

1:14 That Piano 🔥

1:14 That Piano 🔥 refers to a YouTube comment left on an instrumental video for the Gucci Mane and Pooh Shiesty song "Like 34 & 8," uploaded by the channel SoundCloud Beats in mid-2021. The comment highlights a piano sample at the song's 1:14-minute mark. It was shared by user Cameron Clarke, who thought it was "fire" (denoted by the fire emoji). A screenshot of the "1:14 That Piano 🔥" comment was reposted across social media platforms in the early 2020s, spreading in subsequent years. Meme creators often replaced the audio at 1:14 with non-piano sounds. The iterations became increasingly absurd over time. By 2025, variations of the meme had surfaced that discussed other out-of-place instruments in rap songs.

That Banjo 🔥 / I Just Killed a Hillbilly and Took His Banjo

That Banjo 🔥, also known as I Just Killed a Hillbilly and Took His Banjo, refers to a satirical hip-hop and meme rap song that went viral on TikTok in late March 2025. It includes a rap beat that's interrupted by an AI Voice saying, "I just killed a hillbilly and took his banjo," followed by a banjo solo. It was created by TikToker @binoh777 as a variation of the 1:14 That Piano 🔥 and I Got a Brand New Saxophone memes.

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