The Fallout series began in 1997 and became known for pairing a devastated future with cheerful 1950s style popular music heard on in game radio stations. That contrast between upbeat vintage songs and nuclear ruin became one of the franchise signature ideas as later games, especially Fallout 3, New Vegas and Fallout 4, expanded its audience. Clips of the music circulate online detached from gameplay, reused by fans for edits, streams and ambient loops that recreate the series distinctive mix of humour, nostalgia and bleak science fiction world building today.