Hilarious Whyd Memes
We love memes. Memes are a great way to explain funny points, comment on serious things, and just make people laugh. You can probably relate to these situations, from the venerable Philosoraptor:
To the internet’s favorite grandmother:
Memes can critique us:
And of course Grumpy calls out the obvious:
Don’t worry Grumpy, it’s coming!!
Any other ideas for Whyd memes? Send them to us by posting them on our Facebook page!
Some Awesome Whyd Taglines
Since the new profiles launched a while ago, we have seen some incredibly creative design with the ways that people present their images. But there are also music lovers adding inspiring, funny, and thought-provoking tag lines in their bios. We snapped up a quick selection of some of the best, check out the profiles to see who is responsible for bringing it to Whyd:
“Press play don’t press pause”
"I used to be jean-luc, then I stopped"
"Fondue & jazz the ultimate combo”
"Music is a serious thing whatever the style or the fuck you’re doing with it!"
"Who can define good music? I’ll buy him a beer."
“‘Hope will never be silent.’ Harvey Milk”
Never stop jamming!
2001: A Like Odyssey
Exciting times here at Whyd as always but a quick pause in between updates for the DYLTS playlist contest and the interviews of our awesome community to mark a little milestone: we’ve now passed 2,000 likes on Facebook, and you know what? It feels really, really good.
So, a HUGE thank you to everyone for supporting us, for adding tracks, for sharing great music, and for sticking with us as we develop this little platform into the dream we’ve had all along. And if you haven’t liked us yet on Facebook, show us some love!
Never stop jamming!
Why are we called Whyd? The Answer you’ve all been waiting for!
Many of you have asked the excellent question: Why is Whyd called Whyd? Most people also wonder how you pronounce our name. But before we tell you the answer, it is worth noting that in English Whyd is the contraction of “Why did,” as used in the question “Why did you name your start up Whyd?” Yet in today’s online world where apostrophes are as rare as a non-racist YouTube comment, Whyd has become the way that people phrase (usually rhetorical) questions about life in general. So when we track #whyd on Twitter, we end up with a very broad range of results from the interesting (and obviously highly educated) Twitternet population. Sometimes we find some gems, so before we tell you the secret of our name, here are a few highlights of how people use “whyd:”
From complaining about the weather:
To worrying about the future availability of sexy celebrities:
To incoherent catholic-wannabe 8-year-olds:
To chill, accepting lesbians:
To self-deprecating, Twitter-addicted procrastinators:
To defensive, bitter Lakers’ fans:
To clumsy, perfectionist beauty queens:
To the incredibly lazy:
(Is it us or does everyone just use Twitter to complain?)
But, yet, after all that, sometimes — sometimes — there is light, even if that light is a little paranoid:
Now that we got that out of the way (and you see how tricky it is to be managing our social media…) let’s address the pronunciation of our name first. It is not Whyd like “weed,” the green plant that is impossible to find in Paris. It is not Whyd like “wid” as in “widget.” It is pronounced Whyd like “wide” as in the world wide web. And therein we start to understand the meaning of Whyd.
Whyd is a combination of Wide and Why. The “wide” is the breadth of new music coming online everyday, from new artists experimenting with new sounds to delight our ears in a never-ending sea of sound waves expanding like tectonic plates quaking our souls. But as there is a ton of new music, not all of it is good, not all of it moves us. There is a reason that we share certain songs, sounds that touch us. We share selected morsels for their quality, that is the “why.” In a way, Whyd is simply the rule of quality over quantity.
Never stop jamming!
Just a little buzzed
No, we’re not referring to Adrien and Tony before the workday is finished. And no, we’re not talking about Jie after sipping half a shot, we’re talking about Whyd and the launch of the Discover tab yesterday!
In seeking to spread the word to music lovers around the world, Whyd broke the exclusive of the story to TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear, who helped us to differentiate ourselves from some of the other great services that, on a surface level, operate in a very similar way from Whyd. It is important to know that we are building a filter of the best of the newest music put online by emerging artists everyday, and the only way we can do that is socially. The Discover section is the first step to truly socialize the collective experience on Whyd, and create new and lasting connections between music lovers.
As a result, Complex Magazine called us “the music streaming app you’ve always wanted." And the Green Room Sessions said "we couldn’t recommend you more to ask for an invite to Whyd.”
Aw gee, thanks guys! It’s only going to get better, so stick with us, let us know what you think, and never, EVER stop jamming!
(Editor’s Note: The excellent image above was created by Green Room Sessions and before you ask, no, there is not a mobile app for Whyd, yet!)
Cantine California stops at the Incubator!
Wonderful little surprise today as the Americans from Cantine California rolled into the passage of the Incubator to serve up their well-known burgers and tacos. We took a break from the desks and went down for some grub. So how was the food? (All scores are out of 10, eatibility refers to how easy it is to eat the dish, very important for a food truck).
Loick:
Taste: 9
Eatibility: 6
Value: 8
Gilles:
Taste: 7
Eatibility: 7
Value: 8
Jie:
Taste: 8
Eatibility: 5
Value: 8
Tony:
Taste: 9
Eatibility: 5
Value: 8
Overall: we were impressed by the value, the quality of ingredients, and the taste of the burgers (and especially the fries) but the burger was a little sloppy, saucy, and hard to eat. However, when they come back we will happily enjoy another burger with them!
Party Time, Excellent!
This past week saw a lot of partying, but for very, very good reason. Whyd's pride and joy, our lead software engineer and occasional Garth from Wayne's World impersonator, turned 30 years old. Friends from far and wide dressed in rock and roll style came to his party on Saturday night at Les Tonneaux Parisiens. There was punch, beer, guitar cakes, awesome hair, and even childhood pictures. It was great party for a great man, one who we are extremely lucky to call “coworker.”
Happy Birthday Adrien, it’s the last time people will come to party with you on your birthday for 10 years, and by then we will all have kids, so it wont be much fun anymore :)
Triple flavor homemade guitar cake made by one of Adrien’s good friends from Monaco! And something from the past: Backstreet Boy Adrien!!

Hi there,
If you’re both a student and an avid user of Whyd, please shoot us a line at hello(at)whyd(dot)com - We’re working on something fun and we need your help!
There was Sushi, and Swag
Note: This is not Tony’s actual sushi, it’s a stock photo of other sushi, that’s because Tony’s sushi is not to be made public, let’s just say it’s under wraps.
To celebrate the Whyd launch and the central music lovers who have anchored the Whyd community since the very early days all the way back in June, we hosted a sushi dinner on Friday night. Tony stayed home all day, washed and prepared the rice and proceeded to roll 50 maki ranging from wild Pacific salmon to spicy spider crab to the dessert rolls: goat cheese and honey with arugula and dried papaya. We wish there was some left…
We also got to meet some of the biggest music lovers on Whyd, with the SEML guys to Laurène, Julien, Albin, Aline, Greg, Bertrand, Emilie, Paul, Max, and Clement. Whyd is, after all, a social network for music lovers, and we thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to socialize with the network! The music was bumping, and there might have been some dancing, the video of which has been censored by the higher authorities due to career interests that might materialize in the future. (In other words, no one else would hire Loick if they saw him dancing).
Afterwards it was off to continue the jamming at the Social Club of Paris for a night of electro music that we can’t remember at all. But we are pretty sure there were a lot of vodka caramel shots and in the morning I found this photo on my phone:
There will be many, many more parties to come, because, as the saying goes, never stop jamming!