Illuminati Confirmed grew out of mid 2010s MLG montage culture, where editors zoomed in on triangles, eyes and random background details as mock evidence of a secret society. The joke spread across YouTube and Vine edits alongside sounds like the MLG air horn, with each new version getting louder and more distorted. This bass boosted take follows that earrape trend, pushing volume for comic shock. It remains a shorthand for parody conspiracy thinking, used whenever a creator wants a mundane detail to sound like a world changing discovery.