# Deja Vu Deja Vu is a 1999 Eurobeat song by Dave Rogers, made famous by the anime Initial D and later turned into a YouTube meme format built around looped or rewound clips that hit the chorus as if the viewer has seen the moment before. ## Overview "Deja Vu" is a 1999 Italo-Eurobeat track by British vocalist Dave Rogers that got a second life on YouTube as the soundtrack to a loop-video meme[1]. The joke plays on the song title, footage rewinds, repeats, or cuts back on itself right as the chorus lands, giving the viewer the exact feeling of having watched the shot before[2]. The song is welded in most viewers' minds to Initial D, the street-racing anime that used it during mountain-pass drift scenes[3]. That association means most "Deja Vu" edits either use Initial D footage directly or riff on the aesthetic of AE86 tofu deliveries and hairpin turns set to blaring Eurobeat[4]. ## How It Spread The meme form took shape on YouTube in 2016. On April 18, 2016, YouTuber Naaquh posted "Eurobeat/Initial D WEBM Compilation #1," a collection of short clips scored with "Deja Vu" and other Eurobeat tracks that pulled in more than 644,000 views by January 2018[5]. Two months later, on June 11, 2016, YouTuber MashAllPotatoes uploaded "I've just been in this meme before," the video most credited with codifying the loop-back format where a clip snaps back on itself the moment the "Deja Vu" chorus hits[2]. It gathered around 273,000 views inside eighteen months[2]. The format hit its widest audience on June 5, 2018, when YouTuber Aerofiles posted "Deja Vu meme compilation," a supercut of edits using the song[4]. The video crossed 6 million views within three years and is still the go-to reference clip when people talk about the meme[4]. ## How to Use A typical "Deja Vu" edit pairs any short video clip with the opening synth stab and chorus of the Dave Rogers track. The common convention is to loop the footage back to the start, rewind partway, or splice in a repeat cut right as the chorus lands, so the visual mirrors the song title[4]. Initial D drift footage is the classic pairing, but the format often includes unrelated video game, sports, or real-life clips too[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Deja Vu? Deja Vu is a 1999 Eurobeat song by Dave Rogers that became a 2016 YouTube meme built on loop and rewind edits[1][4]. ### Where did Deja Vu come from? The song was released on the compilation Super Eurobeat Presents Euromach 2 in November 1999 and picked up its anime association through Initial D Second Stage in January 2000[1][3]. ### What does Deja Vu mean? In meme form the title is taken literally, the video loops or rewinds so viewers feel they have seen the shot before, matching the chorus as it hits[2]. ### How do you use Deja Vu? Editors typically cut a clip so it snaps back to an earlier frame the moment the Deja Vu chorus starts, often over Initial D drift footage or unrelated video[4]. ### Is Deja Vu still popular? The 2018 Aerofiles compilation still holds well over 6 million views and the track is still a staple of Initial D and Eurobeat meme edits[4][5]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Eurobeat]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHu_WAyspI]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deja-vu]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv13gl0a-FA]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVUqTF_UMU]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/deja-vu Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library