“DJ Snake background meme” meme: meaning, origin and common card

What does the “DJ Snake background meme” meme mean?

The line pokes fun at justifying anything with your personal journey. Coming from a global star in a dead-serious tone, it sounds grand, and that grandeur gets applied to tiny moments: you have “a story” because you missed the bus, “a background” because you once boiled pasta. It also works as a confident comeback to anyone doubting you, or as a dramatic intro before telling a dull anecdote.

Where does the “DJ Snake background meme” meme come from?

DJ Snake, born in Paris in 1986, is a French-Algerian DJ, songwriter and producer known worldwide for “Turn Down for What” and “Lean On”. He has often talked in interviews about growing up in the Paris suburbs and struggling before success, including a Konbini interview for his 2019 album “Carte Blanche”. In that storytelling mode he says “I have a story, I have a background.” Edits of the line appeared on YouTube in December 2019, then meme channels and TikTok kept recycling it, all the way to hour-long loops.

1. 2019DJ Snake tells his story to Konbini for “Carte Blanche”; edits of the line appear in December.
2. 2021Meme channels such as Top Memes France repost the clip.

How to use the “DJ Snake background meme” meme

• Jokingly explain a strange decision with “I have a story, I have a background.”
• Answer a friend who doubts your cooking right before serving.
• Introduce a boring anecdote as if it were a heartbreaking life story.

The “DJ Snake background meme” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 5235
Rarity	Common
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3500
Recycle value	5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@ambrecs_

How to get the “DJ Snake background meme” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; DJ Snake background meme comes out of the Memes FR pack as a common card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 5 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “DJ Snake background meme” card

The “DJ Snake background meme” card was reprinted as Rare (No. 5,305). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was common. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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