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Please enjoy the unnecessarily lit 'Act My Age' by One Direction meme

The One Direction song is still a bop.

Morgan Sung

on February 18, 2019

Please enjoy the unnecessarily lit 'Act My Age' by One Direction meme

A One Direction deep cut lives again through this bizarre meme. Credit: Neil Mockford/film magic/getty images

One Direction may have disbanded three years ago, but their songs are still undeniable meme-worthy bops.

You've probably stumbled across this bizarre meme in the past few days: A trio goes hard and dances in perfect sync to what sounds like the beginning of a sea shanty.

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That tune is a One Direction deep cut — in the 2014 song "Act My Age," the five lads croon about how their romantic interests will keep them young at heart forever. But before they break into singing about being "fat and old," the song opens with a jaunty melody.

If a boy band moonlighted as a crew of pirates on the high seas, this would be their anthem:

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