Among Us was released by Innersloth in 2018 and exploded in popularity in 2020, turning words like sus and crewmate into everyday meme language. In 2021, drip edits paired characters edited to wear expensive streetwear with a bass boosted remix of the game's emergency meeting theme. The crappy version leans into that joke by degrading the audio on purpose. It spread through YouTube, TikTok and Discord edits, often alongside other sus sounds like sus clapping in soundboard collections, and it remains a shorthand for ironic confidence online.