Bass boosting is a common meme treatment where the low frequencies of a short clip are amplified until it distorts, and WhatsApp alerts are a frequent target because almost every phone user knows them instantly. This version circulated on soundboards and in short video edits as a joke notification, rather than as an official ringtone. It is often grouped alongside the Discord notification as a familiar app alert turned into a joke. The humour keeps it in use for fake messages, group chat jokes and over-the-top reactions online.