The video of Rory Lee signing Humble has gone viral after Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl 2025 performance
During a “Musical Genre Challenge” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, a girl called Rory Lee sang Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” in a car in the manner of Ariana Grande back in 2024.
Who is singer Rory Lee as video of her signing rapper Kendrick Lamar’s song Humble goes viral on Instagram
okay but where was my queen rory lee at for humble? #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/1lrYJd6q1L
— trina 🇲🇽 (@burgerboof) February 10, 2025
The video, which went viral, was titled Girl Singing “Humble” In Car or Rory Lee Singing “Humble” In Car. After being uploaded to YouTube in 2018, the video went viral over the next few years, generating reactions and memes, with many people debating whether or not her vocal performance was good.
A clip from The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon where Ariana Grande participates in the “Musical Genre Challenge” in which she is required to sing a certain song in an unusual genre was posted by the YouTube channel. Grande is required to sing Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” in a goth rock style around the 01:25 minute.
The video “Humble funny cover in car by Rory Lee” was posted on May 26th by YouTuber Dana’s Spam Channel. It features a female in a pink blouse singing the same song in the same style, and it has received over 95,000 views in just six years. This is allegedly a reupload; Lee herself posted the original to her since-deleted Instagram account, @rory.comm. YouTuber noodlesandrice posted the identical video on May 27th, and it received over 2 million views in the same period.
i can’t tell you how many times i reference this video and no one knows what i’m talking about pic.twitter.com/UOoc5SAa4y
— mel ✧ (@cvnt4lesbians) January 14, 2025
Over the years, the Girl Singing Humble video went global and became the focus of memes, reactions, and conversations especially after Kendrick’s Super Bowl 2025 performance with many asking why she wasn’t invited to perform alongside the rapper. Some people thought her voice was both wonderful and horrible.
TikToker @popculturememories uploaded the video on February 3rd, 2023, with the remark, “this cover of ‘Humble’ by Kendrick Lamar still has me cackling,” and it received over 230,000 views in just one year.
The post “kendrick lamar bring out the girl who sang humble in the car!!” was made by X user @KindaHagi on June 19, 2024 by receiving more than 2,500 likes in just two days. Lamar’s Juneteenth performance is mentioned in the post.
i be referencing when ariana did it pic.twitter.com/MkFZfVJskO
— 6luto billie over 🙁 (@6lutoo) January 15, 2025