Little verified information exists about the original recording beyond its circulation under the name Anjie Ye and a description in Spanish noting a Chinese man making his sound. Like many short vocal clips, it spread through soundboards and short-form video platforms where creators reuse extreme reaction noises out of context. Its appeal comes from that anonymity and universality, since the shout needs no translation to read as funny, and it continues to be shared as a generic extreme reaction sound rather than for any single original scene.