--- title: Meryl Streep Viral Singing Meme description: A screenshot of the actor at an awards show is making the rounds on Twitter as the new canvas for funny memes using song lyrics. canonical: https://time.com/4706610/meryl-streep-singing-meme/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-20T15:23:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:01.182Z og:title: Meryl Streep Singing Meme Gives Old-School Tunes New Life og:description: A photo of the actress hollering at an awards show has taken on new life. og:url: https://time.com/4706610/meryl-streep-singing-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60927822e2410845/6988bf0ff887dc138de997e9/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: 89th Annual Academy Awards - Backstage og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meryl Streep Singing Meme Gives Old-School Tunes New Life twitter:description: A photo of the actress hollering at an awards show has taken on new life. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60927822e2410845/6988bf0ff887dc138de997e9/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Viral Meryl Streep Singing Meme Gives Your Favorite Songs New Life > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 20, 2017 3:23 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Meryl Streep backstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images) HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Meryl Streep backstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images) Christopher Polk—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 20, 2017 3:23 PM UTC An image of decorated [actor Meryl Streep](http://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/) is making the viral rounds on Twitter recently. The [beloved thespian](http://time.com/4653495/gina-rodriguez-at-sag-awards/)‘s visage from the [2015 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards](http://time.com/3681863/screen-actors-guild-awards-2015-sag-winners/) has become the canvas on which meme artists are plying their trade; in this case, that means just adding some familiar lyrics to the photo. The original screenshot captures an elated Streep mid-shout, making it the perfect moment to work for any number of call-and-response song sections. Think everything from Britney Spears to A$AP Ferg. Thanks, Meryl, for always giving the internet something to get excited about. Below are a few of the best Tweets, some with as many as 100,000 likes. > [](https://twitter.com/blingspice/status/843094243736518656) > [](https://twitter.com/MerylMemes/status/843529139013541894) > [](https://twitter.com/socarolinesays/status/843512619445174272) > [](https://twitter.com/Tusslindo/status/842734245273653249) > [](https://twitter.com/MissZindzi/status/843194848509353984) > [](https://twitter.com/RynoOstar/status/843498722982006784) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4706610/meryl-streep-singing-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4706610/meryl-streep-singing-meme/"},"headline":"This Viral Meryl Streep Singing Meme Gives Your Favorite Songs New Life","datePublished":"2017-03-20T15:23:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:01.182Z","description":"A photo of the actress hollering at an awards show has taken on new life.","url":"https://time.com/4706610/meryl-streep-singing-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60927822e2410845/6988bf0ff887dc138de997e9/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60927822e2410845/6988bf0ff887dc138de997e9/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"89th Annual Academy Awards - Backstage","caption":"89th Annual Academy Awards - Backstage","creditText":"Christopher Polk—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4706610/meryl-streep-singing-meme/","name":"This Viral Meryl Streep Singing Meme Gives Your Favorite Songs New Life"}}]}] ```