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Turn an Unrelated Meme Into Your Marketing Moment: It's Me, It's Verity!

Anne Hathaway’s Verity video promotion just proved that branding and internet memes can coexist in harmony.

28 September 2026 0 Views

Turn an Unrelated Meme Into Your Marketing Moment: It's Me, It's Verity!

TL;DR

Trends
“It’s Me, It’s Verity” Minecraft horror song trend response
Views
7.2M real-time views
Format
Single reaction clip + trend-specific sound
Why It Works
It signals that the brand is paying attention without trying to manufacture a new meme
Use It When
Your brand, product, or campaign unexpectedly becomes part of an existing internet joke

What is this trend about

When your brand is mentioned as an internet joke, don’t bite down. Instead, do what Anne Hathaway did.

To give you some context: basically, Minecraft’s “It’s me, It’s Verity” horror song just went viral as an internet joke. At the same time, Anne Hathaway shares the same character name in her upcoming movie, Verity.

Capturing the hype, Hathaway uses the song lyrics in one of her promotional videos. And you know exactly how people react to this.

Views 24.4M Shares 1.5M Likes 3.6M

People flooded TikTok with their reaction videos about Hathaway’s promotional material. The engagement also went crazy.

Views 6.4M Shares 23.5K Likes 1.0M
Views 1.5M Shares 2.1K Likes 200.0K
Views 293.6K Shares 1.1K Likes 59.2K

With 7.2M+ views for these reaction videos in real time, this is a genius PR move from Verity.

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