The sound is linked to Granny, the first-person horror game released in 2017 where players try to escape a house while avoiding the titular character. Clips and recordings from the game circulated widely in gameplay videos, edits and soundboards, and low quality rips became a meme format of their own. The degraded audio signals an intentionally cheap, cursed version of a recognisable horror setting, which is why creators still reuse it for parody scares, gaming references and ironic haunted house scenes rather than genuine tension.