Your Favourite Musician Riding A Rollercoaster Is The Silliest And Best New Meme

In the dark, disturbing year that is 2020, we need uplifting content more than ever — so thank God for “your favourite musician rides a rollercoaster”, the silliest new trend in a good while.

The set-up is extremely simple. I don’t want to ruin it, so just watch this, Ian Curtis of Joy Division rides a rollercoaster, and you’ll immediately get the sense of what’s happening:

Yep, in essence the trend is simple — take a snippet of audio in which a famous singer or band lets out an enjoyable wail, and match it up to footage of a rollercoaster going through the loop-de-loop. Simple, but life-changing, because some of these are the most hilarious memes I’ve seen in a long time.

For instance, here’s Pink Floyd:

Here’s Kurt Cobain:

Here’s Freddie Mercury:

Here’s The Beastie Boys:

And here’s Taylor Swift:

Like I say, it’s a totally ridiculous trend, one that has been gathering steam for an entire goddamn year, with videos steadily getting uploaded over that time. But hey, we need ridiculousness now more than ever, I reckon.