Not Quite My Tempo

Not Quite My Tempo refers to a quote from the 2014 film Whiplash said by actor J.K. Simmons as the character Terence Fletcher, directed towards Miles Teller's character, Andrew Neiman, during an intense band practice scene. It immediately became the subject of YouTube Poop reedits in the 2010s. In 2025, Not Quite My Tempo became associated with a caricature drawing of J.K. Simmons based on the film, drawn by a DeviantArt user in 2015. The image was used as a reaction image and exploitable on social media sites like TikTok in late 2025.