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The Driving Crooner
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About
The Driving Crooner refers to a sketch from season 3, episode 1 of Tim Robinson's I Think You Should Leave in which Robinson plays a driver who has decals on his window that make it look like, to other drivers, that he's wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar, resembling an old-timey crooner. The sketch and the character gained popularity on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, among other platforms, where Driving Crooner memes surfaced en masse. Many referenced The Driving Crooner's website in the episode "TheDrivingCrooner.com" which was written on the side of his car.
Origin
On May 30th, 2023, season 3, episode 1 of Tim Robinson's show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson titled, "That Was the Earth Telling Me I'm Supposed to Do Something Great," released for streaming on Netflix. [1] The last sketch in the episode involved Robinson playing a driver who called himself The Driving Crooner. The character had decals on his window that made it look like, to other drivers, he was wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar, resembling an old-timey crooner. The sketch was uploaded to YouTube[2] on May 31st, 2023, by the channel Topflix Boss, gaining roughly 25,100 views in six days (shown below).
The first-discovered viral post inserting The Driver Crooner into a meme context was tweeted by a I Think You Should Leave gimmick account on Twitter[3] called @ITYSLKids at around 3:40 p.m. EST on May 30th, 2023. The tweet used a GIF of Robinson's character "crooning" with a caption reading, "Bet you didnβt know you were driving with The Driving Crooner, did you?" The tweet gained over 1,000 likes in one week (shown below).
![The Driving Crooner GIF Meme I Think You Should Parent @ITYSLKids Bet you didn't know you were driving with The Driving Crooner, did you? II GIF 3:40 PM: May 30, 2023 48.8K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/546/6b0.gif)
Spread
Later on May 30th, 2023, more Twitter users uploaded viral tweets referencing The Driving Crooner. For instance, on May 30th, Twitter[4] user @thewarnerwest used the George Bush Learning About 9/11 template, gaining roughly 1,600 likes in one week (shown below, left). Also on May 30th, Twitter[5] user @MikeMcCabeSad made a Twin Peaks meme, showing the decals on Dale Cooper's car window, gaining roughly 1,000 likes in one week (shown below, right).
![The Driving Crooner meme WΒ² @thewarnerwest sir, they're trying to kill the driving crooner TE MA 6:24 PM . May 30, 2023 Β· 87.8K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/548/486.png)
![The Driving Crooner Twin Peaks meme Michael McCabe, good person @Mike McCabeSad Diane, it appears i have entered the town of Twin Peaks, Washington. So far none of them have sped up to make the driving crooner look fake RIVE 6:58 PM . May 30, 2023 Β· 48.3K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/549/dd5.png)
Going into June 2023, Driving Crooner memes continued to go viral on Twitter.[6] The memes also spread to Instagram[7] and TikTok[8] in June 2023. For instance, on June 3rd, 2023, TikToker[9] @smgloss posted a meme about being The Driving Crooner, using the Nirvana song "Something In the Way." The video gained roughly 272,000 plays and 22,200 likes in three days (shown below).
@smgloss literally me #ITYSL #ityslseason3 #driving #crooner #drivingcrooner #timrobinson #ithinkyoushouldleave #fyp #batman β¬ Something In The Way β Nirvana
Various Examples
![The Driving Crooner Shark Tank meme Hello Sharks, my name is Andrew Topecchio, I'm a sales coordinator from California and I'm seeking $500,000 in exchange for 3% equity in The Driving Crooner. VAC](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/560/0d6.jpg)
![The Driving Crooner GIF YOU'RE DRIVING WITH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/562/dd1.gif)
![Taylor Swift has been spotted in public with The Driving Crooner I look into my nephew's eyes @dog_starman Taylor Swift has been spotted in public with The Driving Crooner emma (til dawn version) @sprksflyswft. May 30 i wish i never saw this 8:45 PM . Jun 1, 2023 1.2M Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/568/242.png)
![Dad, are you the Driving Crooner? ABS Tabs Out Cassette Podcast @tabsout dad, are you the driving crooner? CASSE 9:08 PM Jun 4, 2023 249.4K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/551/5d8.png)
![The Driving Crooner meme I am doing a DRIVING CROONER check in. showing support for one another. I need SIX driving crooners to post not share, this message to show you are always there to drive if someone needs it. let's go gentlemen...](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Template
![The Driving Crooner meme template](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![The Driving Crooner GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/544/692.gif)
![The Driving Crooner GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/601/567/3de.gif)
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External References
[1] IMDb β That Was the Earth Telling Me I'm Supposed to Do Something Great
[2] YouTube β I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson S3 | Ending Scene
[3] Twitter β @ITYSLKids
[4] Twitter β @thewarnerwest
[5] Twitter β @MikeMcCabeSad
[7] Intagram β @throwingfits
[8] TikTok β @youshouldaffirm
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