Talking Ben is the laid-back dog character from the Talking Ben mobile app, part of the wider Talking Tom and Friends world, where he answers questions with dry humour and silly noises. Short clips of his voice, including this nananana chant, spread through TikTok and YouTube edits as a quick way to tease someone without saying anything harsh. The sound stuck because it is short, instantly recognisable and easy to drop over almost any fail, argument or playful roast, keeping Ben a regular fixture in meme editing years after the app first became popular.