When your favorite song comes on in public, you’re gonna wild out or sing along emotively as the situation dictates. You know it, and your friends—Friend 1 and Friend 2—know it.
Unfortunately for those friends, you will not be stopped. There’s nothing they can do.
https://twitter.com/SEDRIICK_/status/750154555330072576
https://twitter.com/Beyupdates_/status/748968736724443137
The “Friend 1, Friend 2” meme is on the rise recently as a newer, more internet way of declaring “this is my jam.” The punchline is always a completely ridiculous GIF.
https://twitter.com/unsmokabIe/status/749654995297984512
https://twitter.com/Kingtav_/status/749091190843121664
*Controlla comes on in public* Friend 1: Don’t start. Friend 2: You better not. Me: https://t.co/dh4sZjye8A
— Shakita Krebel (@ShakitaKrebeliT) July 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/escrotalison/status/750725322132324353
At a time when many meme enthusiasts are mining for deeper levels of irony, “relatable” is stubbornly hanging in there as a form of meme currency. And what’s more relatable than liking a pop song?
Bad dancing is a way of acknowledging the uncoolness of, ugh, liking stuff, and countering it with the coolness of expressing what you like while giving zero fucks. Who cares if Friend 1 and Friend 2 are embarrassed?
Of course, every meme mutates, and even something this sincere can be co-opted. “Friend 1, Friend 2” is pretty new, but variations are already emerging. Where were you when the Chilcot Report—investigating Britain’s role in the Iraq War—dropped?
*When the Chilcot report drops in the club*
— Scot City: The Album 31/05 (@scotscotscot) July 6, 2016
Friend 1: don’t start
Friend 2: you better not
Me: pic.twitter.com/73iNBymzpu
I expect poor, overworked Friend 1 and Friend 2 will soon be put in charge of holding people back from every embarrassing public display of emotion, music-related or not. Good luck with that!
