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Why Usher Whispering ‘Watch This’ Is The Funniest Meme On The Internet

<p>New meme alert&excl; A video of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;usher-sets-social-media-on-fire-with-his-legendary-vocal-skills-on-the-latest-episode-of-tiny-desk&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Usher<&sol;strong><&sol;a> whispering &&num;8220&semi;watch this&&num;8221&semi; is taking over Twitter timelines&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s the most hilarious meme the internet has seen in a while&period; So&comma; why is it so funny&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1543438506629836802" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clip of the star spread after Usher performed a medley of his classic hits in the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series&period; His backup singers included Grammy-nominated singer Eric Bellinger and social media star Vedo who joined the star along with a full band for the special show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The singer&&num;8217&semi;s 24-minute set was dedicated in honor of Black music month and included classics like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nice &amp&semi; Slow&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You Make Me Wanna&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You Don&&num;8217&semi;t Have To Call&period;” But it was his introduction to his &&num;8220&semi;Confessions Part II&&num;8221&semi; performance that is going viral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cfb9UOMlM&lowbar;o" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Usher&&num;8217&semi;s Tiny Desk Show Sparks Meme<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In the funny viral moment&comma; Usher reenacts his ad-lib from the studio version of the song where he says &&num;8220&semi;watch this&period;&&num;8221&semi; Fans know the adlib well so when Usher included it in his set&comma; it already felt like a quirky memory was unlocked&period; While bouncing back and forth&comma; motioning two fingers on each of his eyes the singer whispered &&num;8220&semi;watch this&&num;8221&semi; before singing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The small audience watching the R&amp&semi;B legend&&num;8217&semi;s private performance immediately erupted in laughter as did he before performing a full rendition of the song live&period; His band is also seen chuckling after Usher whispered the silly adlib&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The moment seemingly tickled viewers online who re-shared the clip&comma; adding funny &&num;8220&semi;watch this&&num;8221&semi; worthy moments as captions&period; In one tweet&comma; someone joked about being denied for PTO but still taking vacation&comma; adding &&num;8220&semi;watch this&&num;8221&semi; as the punchline&period; Another tweet jokes about Black people thinking they don&&num;8217&semi;t need sunscreen&comma; but the sun having other plans&period; Fans of Usher can&&num;8217&semi;t seem to get enough of the meme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Scroll down to see more funny &&num;8220&semi;watch this&&num;8221&semi; 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