Buying a CD for the radio single only to hate the rest of the album

How many times did you buy a CD based off the single on the radio, only to discover the rest of the album was trash?

This meme features a question printed at the top, asking viewers how many times they purchased a full CD after hearing one good single from the artist on the radio, only to find the rest of the album was low quality. Below the text is a vintage 1990s/early 2000s candid photograph of a teenage boy wearing glasses and a plaid flannel shirt, browsing through racks of CDs in a physical music store, holding a CD case in one hand while examining it. The background shows CD racks sorted by music genre including Soul and Reggae, with other customers browsing in the store. The meme is targeted at people who grew up before streaming music services were ubiquitous, when previewing full albums before purchase was not easily accessible, making the experience of buying a disappointing album a common relatable memory.

This meme was sourced from 9Gag via RSS. The image carries the watermark of the social media account @irememberthatshit, a popular nostalgia-focused account that shares relatable content about 90s and 2000s culture, experiences, and pop culture. The account added the relatable question text to a pre-existing vintage candid photograph of a 90s music store to create this meme, which is widely shared on social media platforms among audiences who experienced the era of physical CD music purchases.