The song charted in a few countries, including #60 on the Billboard Hot 100. Īmerican comedy trio The Lonely Island released a 2013 song titled " YOLO", featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar, parodying the phrase and the people who use it as a lifestyle meme. In popular cultureĪ restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has held a trademark to the phrase "YOLO" in the context of the frozen yogurt business since 2010. In the opening monologue of Saturday Night Live on January 19, 2014, Drake apologized about pop culture's adoption of the phrase, saying he had no idea it would become so big. Hip-hop magazine Da South reported that the rapper Lecrae has deconstructed the phrase "YOLO" in his 2012 song " No Regrets". In late 2012, Drake expressed a desire to obtain royalties for use of "YOLO" due to the proliferation of merchandise bearing the phrase and lyrics from his song, which have been commonly seen at stores such as Walgreens and Macy's, but he does not own a trademark on the word. This use is said to have elevated the word into prominence and common colloquial use.
To promote this mixtape, "YOLO" was mentioned prominently on several of their tracks such as " The Motto", released on November 29, 2011, with the aim of promoting the tape. The acronym was most popularized by Canadian rapper Drake, who planned to release a 2011 joint mixtape titled YOLO along with American rapper Rick Ross.
In 2012, the acronym "YOLO" became a staple of music and youth culture, being a subject of graffiti, Twitter hashtags, pranks, tattoos, music, television shows and merchandise. Īdam Mesh, a contestant on the reality TV series Average Joe, produced and sold a line of YOLO-branded clothing and accessories the early 2000s. One of the earliest known examples of the acronym relates to Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's ranch in California, which has been known as YOLO since at least 1996.
and the Latin phrases, " memento mori" ("remember to die") and " carpe diem" ("seize the day").the title of an 1855 waltz, " Man lebt nur einmal!" ("You Only Live Once!") by Johann Strauss II.the English translation of " one lives but once in the world" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from his 1774 German play Clavigo.Similar phrases have been in use for more than a century, including these: Wikiquote has quotations related to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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