It Might Seem Crazy What I'm 'Bout To Say

About

It Might Seem Crazy What I'm 'Bout To Say or It Might Seem Crazy What I am 'Bout To Say is a memorable quote from Pharrell Williams' 2013 song "Happy," which became a prevalent catchphrase and phrasal template on TikTok in November 2023 as a way to express absurd character quotes or real historical events.

Origin

Pharrell Williams' "Happy" was originally released on June 18th, 2013, as part of the soundtrack for Despicable Me 2 and later reintroduced as the lead single for his sophomore album GIRL, released on March 3rd, 2014. The music video^[1] (shown below) amassed over 1.9 billion views and 8.1 million likes in nine years.

The initial verse in "Happy," "It might seem crazy what I am 'bout to say," was first used on November 1st, 2023, on TikTok^[2] by user @dduck_.gach40ffica1 in a slowed + reverb version of the song paired with the overlay text "How many times have you almost died?" The video (seen below) amassed more than 833,000 plays and 124,000 likes, as well as over 100,000 videos tagged using it, on the platform in two weeks.

Spread

After the slowed + reverb version of the music went viral on TikTok, users started making memes with the catchphrase and snowclone, using the verse "it might seem crazy what I am 'bout to say" as a way to express absurd character quotes or real historical events.

For instance, on November 13th, 2023, TikTok^[3] user @milanus104 posted a video (shown below, left) while he was in a hospital bed with the overlay text "Why weren't you at school?" that amassed more than 2.7 million plays and 468,000 likes in four days.

On November 14th, TikTok^[4] user @the_generic_one posted a video using the sound paired with the overlay text "There's no way someone can confuse us with a German submarine." The video (shown below, right) amassed over 357,000 plays and 79,000 likes in two days.

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