Hello internet! And Welcome to Behind The Meme! Where we take a look at the meaning
and the origin of your favorite memes and trends! Today we have a look at “Let it
Grow”.
Thank so very much to all my viewers who left a comment requesting a video for the new “let
it grow” meme. I’ve been seeing this one around a lot lately and have been excited
to make a video on the topic. Make sure to let me know what you would like to see next
and maybe I’ll be able to make it happen! You guys wanted it now you have it! Here We
GO!!
Now when I first saw the title of this meme, I was thinking it was a parody or rip off
of that damn frozen song that everybody was obsessed with a couple years back. You remember
the one, I’m not gonna say the title because its gonna get stuck in your head. Well I was
wrong, as usual… but I wasn’t very far off.
“let it grow” is a song from the animated film “The Lorax”. I don’t know why but
it feels like you have it say it like that. The lorax started off as one of the classic
Dr Seuss books many of us are familiar with from childhood…holy crap! Dr suess actually
had a face?! I know That sounds dumb but really, I never knew what the dude looked like until
now. I guess Now the only question is….was he really a doctor?!(DUN DUN DUN) the book
was first published in 1971. Back in 1971 a new house cost on average $25,000, a gallon
of gas was 40 cents! And a movie ticket was only 1.50!!! At least that’s what this website
says. The point that I’m trying to make is that 1971 was a long ass time ago.
Eventually Hollywood ran out of original ideas and started to make anything they could get
their hands on into a film. Which is what happened with the Lorax in 2012!
You know, I guess they figured after they put out that Michael Myers monstrosity they
couldn’t do much worse. The premise of the film, which I’m not reciting
from the wikipedia page…wink wink. is about a young boy named Ted lives in a city where
everything is artificial, everything is made of plastic metal or synthetics, AKA theres
no living plants.
Eventually Ted falls in love with a girl who wants to see a tree more than anything! So
Ted, being a young horny guy decides to find a way to let her see a tree.
A bunch of Other crap happens in the movie,but eventually they turn a young boys attempt
at getting laid into a deeper meaning like they usually do in these types of movies.
and at some point during the film the characters break out into a random song pertaining to
the desire to let the trees grow. Which brings us to “let it grow”.
“Let it grow, like it did so long ago,it is just one tiny seed but its all we really
need, its time to change the life we lead its time to let it grow”
This past month MrMrmangohead, who was one of the driving forces of the “We are number
one” memes success, started to upload videos that utilized “let it grow” in a very
similar way. Following the same formula of the successful word replacement remixes that
we are number one followed, receiving many views and much success in the process.
“We suppose we should let it…let it die let it die let it shrivel up and, cmon who’s
with me huh?”let it die let it die let it shrivel up and, cmon who’s with me huh?”
And since these first examples from mrmrmangohead others have been creating their own versions
of the meme helping it spread and become more popular in the process.
“but it seems that trees might be worth a try”
“Might be worth a try so I say let it. You greedy dirtbag”
“Might be worth a DIE. So I say let it DIE. My name is DIE”
2017 has just started and we already have a dank ass meme being born, just imagine what
the rest of the year has in store for us. It’s gonna be crazy!!
So there you have it! Let it grow started off as a cheesy song from a movie that was
originally a book by a person who may or may not be a doctor,I don’t know it sounds suspicious,
and has evolved into a new resource for a successful meme formula.
But hey! That’s the internet for you and on the internet memes are Keeeng g g g g!
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you never knew about before! I’ll catch you beautiful people next time!