NEED TO KNOW
- Victoria Justice is opening up about the “I Think We All Sing” meme, which fans believed was shady in an interview with her Victorious castmates Ariana Grande, Liz Gillies and Daniella Monet
- Justice said she received “death threats” after the video went viral in 2017, years after it was filmed
- Justice added that it’s “factual” that they “did all sing”
Victoria Justice is getting real about the rumors surrounding the Victorious cast.
On May 13, Justice, 32, appeared on Mythical Kitchen’s Last Meals show. Host Josh Scherer mentioned to her a TikTok from April that read, “In another universe, we didn’t fail her and she became the pop star she desired to be,” alongside clips of Justice talking about her dreams and relationships with her Victorious costars.
Justice said that was so sweet, but noted, “I love my life” and “I really am living the life of my dreams. Not everyone can say that.” Still, she said she does still hope to put out her “dream album” with her “dream collaborators” one day.
She said it was “very nice” to see people being kind to her online because, “There was a time for so long on the Internet where I felt like people hated me.” Scherer asked her why that happened, and she brought up the “I Think We All Sing” meme.
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Back in 2017, a video resurfaced of an interview Justice had done as a teenager with her Victorious castmates Ariana Grande, Liz Gillies and Daniella Monet. Gillies (now 31) says in the clip that Grande (now 31) “sings absolutely everything” and “she never stops.” Monet (now 36) says, “That’s so true, Liz, you sing a lot too,” and Justice chimes in and says, “I think we all sing.” Fans felt that Justice was shading her costars, particularly Grande.
The video went viral on Twitter (now called X) in 2017 and then was picked up by multiple media outlets. It even has a page on Know Your Meme, an online compendium of Internet in-jokes.
Scherer, 33, said it was “insane” for “we all sing” to cause such a stir since it was “three words spoken by a teenager.”
“First of all, it’s factual. We did all sing. What do you want from me?” Justice said. She said she was also upset about the “narrative” that formed around it and didn’t understand why the video blew up all those years later, when she was 16 or 17 when it was filmed.
“And then it’s like I got all this hate, so much hate,” she said. “I’m like ‘What did I do? What did I do?’ I’m sitting here living my life, just trying to work, live.”
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“I got so much hate. I got death threats,” she said. She especially felt bad for her mom, who saw the reaction online and was “freaking out.” “It really took on a life of its own and became a thing.”
Looking back on it now, she thinks it’s “funny.” “I’m in on the joke. I say it to myself all the time,” she said. “It was definitely a thing where it was like, the Internet hates Victoria Justice right now.”
Victorious ran from 2010 to 2013 on Nickelodeon. The show was set at a fictional performing arts high school, and the ultra-talented cast also included Avan Jogia and Grammy winner Leon Thomas III.
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It seems the Victorious alumni all have a pretty positive relationship. Justice and Gillies reunited at a holiday party in December 2024, and Grande commented on the post with five holding-back-tears emojis.
Before Victorious, Justice starred in Zoey 101, also on Nickelodeon. A Victorious spinoff is in the works, with Monet set to reprise her role as Trina. Justice also teased a possible cameo.
