The sound comes from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, where Yes's 1971 song Roundabout was used as the ending theme for the anime's first two story arcs. Fans began copying the show's signature freeze frame, with its arrow graphic and 'To Be Continued' caption, and placing the riff over real-life fails, sports moments and gaming clips. The format spread across YouTube, Reddit and TikTok in the mid-2010s and stuck because it instantly signals a dramatic pause. It remains a shorthand for an unfinished story or a joke left hanging.
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The JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 'To Be Continued' meme sound, with the Roundabout guitar riff over a dramatic freeze frame, used to end videos on a cliffhanger.
This clip captures the instantly recognisable ending sting from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, built around the bright, driving guitar riff from Yes's Roundabout. It opens with a sharp, upbeat burst of prog-rock guitar and drums that feels triumphant and slightly absurd at the same time, then cuts off just as the moment peaks. Paired with a freeze frame and the show's arrow graphic, it turns an ordinary fail, reveal or near-miss into a dramatic cliffhanger, making viewers expect the story to continue in the next episode even when there is no next episode.