In September last year, Canadian pop star Carly Rae ‘Call Me Maybe’ Jepsen released her third studio album – the critically lauded but commercially disappointing ‘Emotion’. The timeless bubblegum pop of its lead single ‘I Really Like You’ helped it reach Number Three in the UK chart, while the next single, saxophone-laced banger ‘Run Away With Me’, flopped all the way down to Number 58. So why have the past two months seen ‘Run Away With Me’ spread like a rash across Vine, the Twitter for videos?
It could just be that the song’s having an ultra-slow burn – maybe people are only now hearing it for the first time – but whatever the reason, it’s the best musical meme of the year so far – ‘Run Away With Meme’, if you will. Don’t believe us? Take a look at some of the best ones.
This August Vine was way ahead of the curve
https://vine.co/v/eIDV0FtJg6g/embed/simple
It gets funnier the more of them you see, and there are loads – because the meme’s applications are endless
https://vine.co/v/inX0MBlI7gi/embed/simple
Endless
https://vine.co/v/ipZ1vbruiMr/embed/simple
Here it is seamlessly soundtracking classic comedy Mean Girls
https://vine.co/v/ipJXejuWKFq/embed/simple
Here it is being used to comically evoke a powerful feeling of bathos
https://vine.co/v/ipn6QOLQrzv/embed/simple
Here it is making Ross look like an impossibly good piper
https://vine.co/v/idWqt7q5Tgb/embed/simple
And here, Lisa’s unleashing it on the Springfield Elementary orchestra.
https://vine.co/v/ivpFdg00Hz0/embed/simple
People really like it
https://vine.co/v/iXi9qOKD3L5/embed/simple
Like, a lot.
https://vine.co/v/ivDhvm5HItK/embed/simple
https://vine.co/v/ibJ0WrFgaja/embed/simple
Even people who find it a bit embarrassing.
https://vine.co/v/e3qpviTvpZD/embed/simple
Even Adele and Dolly P like it.
https://vine.co/v/ivPE1lpT5X5/embed/simple
This is the center of my best Venn Diagram. https://t.co/ImfWrJPoX9
— steven folkins (@folkinz) March 19, 2016
It is also popular with sea creatures
https://vine.co/v/inglrtme1Uj/embed/simple
https://vine.co/v/ibxWhlAjAht/embed/simple
And dudes in cars
https://vine.co/v/i6uWUjrQ2Kn/embed/simple
And hordes of Pikachus
https://vine.co/v/ip5B9X5KLBr/embed/simple
Is ‘Run Away With Me’ so Raven? Yes, it is so Raven.
https://vine.co/v/iHl3iLxWutd/embed/simple
Is it better than that fan who upstaged Rihanna? Probably, yes.
https://vine.co/v/idYZPKDLPJB/embed/simple
Is this song actually your worst nightmare? Quite possibly.
https://vine.co/v/iX2xTxvtlbi/embed/simple
In fact, it just needs to get the hell out of here (maybe).
https://vine.co/v/iJFKWeJP7PL/embed/simple
Goodbye, ‘Run Away With Me’!