What Do You Want to Be? Happy

Text on the meme

When you grow What you wanna be? Happy Same here

What it means

A child is asked what he wants to be when he grows up and answers “Happy.” The clip then cuts to several emotionally overwhelmed young men, each labeled “Same here,” while The Police’s melancholic soft-rock song “Every Breath You Take” plays, turning the child’s innocent answer into a bittersweet joke about adults wanting happiness too. EN: A child is asked what he wants to be when he grows up and answers “Happy.” The clip then cuts to several emotionally overwhelmed young men, each labeled “Same here,” while The Police’s melancholic soft-rock song “Every Breath You Take” plays, turning the child’s innocent answer into a bittersweet joke about adults wanting happiness too.

Sound

♪ The Police — Every Breath You Take

music / музыка

Objects

young child / маленький ребёнок adult man in gray hoodie / взрослый мужчина в сером худи young man in black windbreaker / молодой мужчина в чёрной ветровке young man lying in bed / молодой мужчина, лежащий в кровати crying man outdoors at night / плачущий мужчина на улице ночью black jacket / чёрная куртка white sweatshirt / белая толстовка bed and pillow / кровать и подушка city street / городская улица night lights / ночные огни shopfront / витрина магазина earbuds / наушники tears / слёзы subtitles / субтитры