#16
This meme is a chaotic, hilarious mashup of two iconic 90s/early 2000s pop culture touchstones: The Lord of the Rings and the Backstreet Boys. The top line, “When Backstreet’s Back”, references the band’s classic anthem, while the image shows Pippin Took from LOTR—his face edited to have that classic boy-band glow and haircut—delivering the song’s iconic opening line: “All right!”
The joke is the absurdity of a gentle hobbit from the Shire suddenly embodying the over-the-top energy of a 90s pop star, turning Middle-earth into an impromptu Backstreet Boys concert. It’s the kind of silly, nostalgic crossover that makes you snort-laugh because it’s so wrong, yet weirdly feels right.
