The meme started with a video posted on Instagram on July 13, 2019, by user snootboopes, and it showcased a shiba inu being hit with a hammer, followed by a comical “bonk” sound effect.

Squidward from SpongeBob becoming a viral meme isn’t exactly new, but this sound has so many layers, it genuinely rivals an onion. Stay with us on this one, we promise it’ll end up making sense.

The first viral edit was posted by TikToker @babysabuk on September 28, 2024, repeating Paul's line multiple times in a ...

but he pronounces the final word with an inflection that makes "me" sound like "May." The memes trace their origins to the 2000 hit single "It's Gonna Be Me" from NSYNC's second album ...

The post has become a hit and has been viewed more than 14 million times. But the sound is more famous than ... an apt buzzword for the sensation audio memes elicit, Ms. Shane writes, it is ...