Released in 2016 as track A1 on Stage 1 of Everywhere at the End of Time, It's Just a Burning Memory introduced The Caretaker's six stage exploration of dementia through degraded ballroom samples. Created by British musician Leyland James Kirby, the project built on his earlier work inspired by the haunted ballroom in The Shining. The album spread slowly through YouTube, forums and later TikTok, where its loops became shorthand for memory loss, liminal spaces and internet horror. Its gentle melody makes that association instantly recognisable.