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Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car,' And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked

Darcy Jimenez
Darcy Jimenez
Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car,' And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
Including reactions to a video that may or may not show rapper Drake naked.
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Here at Digg, we try our best to cover the most important and confounding memes that come across the timeline. But the web is littered with tons of great memes that never quite hit the mainstream and instead just bounce around the weird corners of Twitter or Reddit. Enter our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked.

This week, we've got TikTokers adapting to losing their favorite songs, our cards getting declined in therapy, Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" seeing renewed fame and reactions to Drake's (alleged) penis.


4. TikTok losing UMG music

The Meme

After failing to extend an existing contract, all of the music on TikTok that's licensed from Universal Music Group (UMG) has been muted. Unsurprisingly, individual TikTokers and brands alike have taken to meme-ifying the situation. Folks are now dancing to royalty-free music from prolific internet musician Kevin MacLeod, and a number of indie musicians have been celebrating the downfall of big record companies dominating the TikTok sound landscape.

Examples

@jerseyyjoe When UMG removed all of their sounds off of TikTok πŸ˜‚ ( IB: @Haven Lough ) #jerseyyjoe #jersey #trend #viral #fyp ♬ Fluffing a Duck - Kevin MacLeod
@jaguars Wait… you dont get hype to this beat? πŸ€” #universalmusicgroup #nfl #jaguars #DUUUVAL #hype ♬ The Big Day - Alex Arias & Alexander Julius Wright
@nianaguerrero umg got us makin a dance w this song 😭 #onewithnatalia ♬ Fluffing a Duck - Kevin MacLeod
@cg5beats Kevin Macleod #fyp ♬ original sound - CG5
@michelle.beaudette that's on 2011-2014 youtube #fyp #foryou #flashback #quarantine #rankings #longisland #minecraft #viral ♬ Follow my insta jack.beaudette - Michelle Beaudette
@awheckitsemilyzeck ITS OUR TIME TO SHINE BABYYYY #countrymusic #universalmusicgroup #umg #independentartist ♬ Trailer Park Tiki Bar - Emily Zeck
@tessaviolet

Universal music group said no more music

♬ Tessa Violet Bad Bitch - Tessa Violet

Grant Brunner



3. When your card declines at therapy

The Meme

Earlier this week, X user @pradaice wrote on the app: "When your card declines in therapy so they bring out the dude you dated when you were 19." The post obviously struck a chord with X users, because the website was soon inundated with posts revealing what other people would most hate to be confronted with during a therapy session.

Examples


Darcy Jimenez


2. Drake's (alleged) leaked nude

The Meme

Canadian rapper Drake was trending this week, and not for his music or for appearing at a Raptors game. A video allegedly showing Drake naked and performing a sex act was leaked online β€” and in order to keep my job, I will leave it at that. You can go down a Google search for any and all X-rated material if you want, but we're only really interested in the memes the news sparked.

No one can be entirely sure whether the video is real or not, considering the rise of deepfake and AI-generated videos involving celebrities β€” but Drake did appear to respond to the leak in a now-deleted Instagram story. Either way, if you want to be in on the jokes about Drake's penis, then by all means, scroll on.

Examples


Jared Russo


1. Tracy Chapman

The Meme

Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman is back in the headlines for the first time in years after a spell-binding performance of "Fast Car" at the Grammys. Not only did the song shoot to number one on the iTunes Top Songs chart soon after, but it sparked two different memes: one changing the "Fast Car" lyrics to funny, similar-sounding words, and one showing people's various plans to "get us out of here."

Examples


Darcy Jimenez


Make sure you check out our round-ups of this week's other great memes: reactions to New Jersey hosting the World Cup Final and people's thoughts on Taylor Swift's new album name.



And if you're hungry for more memes, here's the last edition of "The Week's Best Memes,", which included fake pregnancy cravings, everything guys have going on and responses to an innocent question from Elmo.

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