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Place it at the start of a dramatic edit to set up the fall, then follow it with Directed by Robert B. Weide for the punchline, or switch to Hello Darkness My Old Friend for the straight version of the same moment.
About this sound
This 25-second funk rework takes the familiar opening line 'Hello darkness, my old friend' and sets it over a groovy, bass-heavy beat. It feels dramatic and oddly cool, turning a quiet, lonely moment into something swaggering and meme-ready. The vocal comes from Simon & Garfunkel's 'The Sound of Silence,' reimagined here as a funk track.
