Pop star Gracie Abram hints at viral LeBron meme's inspiration for 'That's So True'

Gracie Abrams recovered an unexpected root of inspiration connected a way portion of the deluxe type of her medium "The Secret of Us" -- a viral meme coined by LeBron James.

On "That's So True," released successful October, Abrams sang: "Smiling done it all, yeah, that's my life."

The lyric refers to a nostalgic station by the Los Angeles Lakers prima connected his Instagram communicative successful 2018 pinch the caption: "Smiling done it all! Can't judge this is my life," arsenic James grinned while successful a pool. He posted the selfie aft Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham told him to "shut up and dribble."

James' station has go a celebrated societal media meme since then. And now, it seems to person lingered connected Abrams' mind while she recorded "That's So True," which peaked astatine No. 6 connected the Billboard Hot 100.

The popular prima hinted astatine its inspiration months earlier its charismatic release.

According to a video posted by Entertainment Weekly successful June, Abrams said that she and her champion friend and co-writer connected the opus Audrey Hobert would nonstop the meme backmost and distant to each different erstwhile they were sad. Hobert moreover talented Abrams a broad pinch the photograph prominent.

Abrams besides joked successful the June video astir listing James arsenic a co-writer connected the track.

She each but confirmed those links connected Tuesday, posting a lighter connected her Instagram communicative pinch James' selfie connected it, according to SB Nation's Harrison Faigen.

"That's So True" became Abrams' first Billboard Hot 100 top-10 way successful November and spent six weeks connected the charts. Her way "us." featuring Taylor Swift was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance."