Makaka Funk spread on TikTok during 2024 and into 2025 as a sound for monkey-themed and absurdist edits, with the French tag singe helping French-speaking creators find it alongside the wider trend. Its short, loop-friendly structure made it easy to reuse across dance clips, reaction edits and meme compilations, and the name itself became shorthand for that playful, chaotic style. Because the hook works without needing context, new creators keep rediscovering it in feeds and reusing it for their own versions.