memes aside

1. the thing every YouTube commenter says in every music video or soundtrack that becomes suddenly viral again, with it being said before they praise the song.

2. when someone (typically a youtuber or streamer) looks into a certain wacky or crazy topic and wants to get real for a moment with the viewer.

* On a good music video that resurrects as a meme years later *

"Memes aside, this song is actually so good"
"Memes aside, this song helped me through tough nights."
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* A content creator thoughts on a stupid internet challenge *

"Ok well, memes aside, this is extremely dangerous."