2019 2020 2021 2022 Capcut Template
Also known as: CapCut Years Template · CapCut Four Years Template · Year | Use nyo na
The 2019 2020 2021 2022 CapCut Template is a TikTok video trend from October 2022 that uses a CapCut editing template to show four clips, each assigned to a different year from 2019 through 2022. Rather than documenting personal growth or memories, most creators filled the slots with ironic or absurd clips from Family Guy, SpongeBob, and other viral videos, turning what was designed as a nostalgia format into a shitposting vehicle2.
Overview
The template presents a simple visual concept: a computer cursor clicks through four labeled years (2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022), and a different video clip plays for each one. The template was officially titled "Year | Use nyo na" on CapCut and was set to "Pipelinefunk" by German saxophonist Armin Küpper, a track featuring Küpper playing saxophone into a large pipe and using the echoes1. The combination of the clicking interface and the echoey saxophone gave the format a distinct, recognizable feel.
While the template was ostensibly built for showing how someone or something changed across four years, TikTok creators almost immediately co-opted it for comedy. Instead of personal photos or milestones, users dropped in moldy (low-quality, heavily compressed) clips from cartoons like Family Guy and SpongeBob SquarePants, or other absurd viral videos1.
CapCut user @Collenes created the "Year | Use nyo na" template in late October 20221. The template allowed users to slot in four video clips, one per year from 2019 to 2022, with a cursor-clicking animation transitioning between them. The backing track, "Pipelinefunk," had been uploaded to YouTube on June 9th, 2020, showing Küpper performing saxophone into a large industrial pipe2.
The earliest known TikToker to use the template was @youstinkyguy, who posted their version on October 27th, 2022. That video filled the four year slots with viral clips, including the "I'm Glenn Quagmire" bit from Family Guy. Over five days, it picked up roughly 827,300 plays and 152,300 likes1.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
The format is straightforward:
Open the "Year | Use nyo na" template in CapCut (or recreate the cursor-clicking year layout manually).
Pick four short video clips, one for each year (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).
The clips don't need to actually be from those years. Most popular versions use random viral or absurd clips regardless of when they were made.
The template auto-applies the "Pipelinefunk" saxophone track.
Export and post to TikTok.
Fun Facts
The template's official CapCut name, "Year | Use nyo na," appears to be in Filipino (Tagalog), roughly translating to "Year | Use it now"1.
"Pipelinefunk" was uploaded to YouTube over two years before the CapCut template made it a TikTok earworm2.
The trend helped popularize the term "goofy ahh" as a descriptor for intentionally silly, low-effort meme content on TikTok.
Despite being designed as a personal memories template, almost none of the viral versions used actual personal footage1.
Frequently Asked Questions
References (2)
- 1Timeline of computing 2020–presentencyclopedia
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