The sound comes from a 2021 Mandarin-language video by John Cena, recorded after he faced criticism for describing Taiwan as a country while promoting a Fast and Furious film. In the clip, Cena apologises in Mandarin and refers to ice cream, rendered online as bing chilling, and viewers clipped that phrase because his earnest delivery sounded unexpectedly catchy. It spread through TikTok and meme edits, where it became shorthand for ice cream, Mandarin-language jokes, and surreal celebrity moments, and it remains popular because the short phrase is easy to recognise and reuse.