The 'And I Wanted You To Know That By The Way' TikTok Audio, Explained

As it turns out, many TikTok users had heard parts of Sam Smith's "Make It To Me" lyrics wrong. Specifically, the "and I wanted you to know that" lyric is where users became confused, because they heard different lyrics for the next part of the song. According to TheTab, some popular theories on the next part of the song are: "by the way she's safe with me," "you're the one who saved me," and "by the way you saved me." In actuality, the lyrics are "you're the one, designed for me" (via Genius).

The "Make It To Me" audio clip has been used in over 450,000 videos at the time of writing. These TikTok users have used the sound in various viral ways. Some have used it to highlight their voice by singing the song and then adding what lyric they believe comes next. Some users have been creative and ended the lyrics with funny nonsense lyrics. The sound even morphed into another viral TikTok trend with users using a clip of someone singing "and I wanted you to know that by the way, you saved me." This version of the song became used in users' TikTok videos to highlight people or things in their lives that they felt helped them become better versions of themselves, essentially saving them (via TikTok).

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