Crab Rave was released in 2018 by Irish producer Noisestorm through the Monstercat label as an April Fools style electronic single. Its music video showed thousands of animated crabs dancing on a tropical beach, an image that quickly spread across YouTube, Reddit and Twitch as a reaction to celebrations and removals being announced. The joke format, often captioned to mark that something unwanted was gone, helped the track outlive the original video and stay a staple party meme sound.