The base tone comes from Samsung's retro style notification sounds found on Galaxy phones, a short chime designed to be cheerful and instantly recognisable. Bass boosted and earrape versions spread through YouTube edits, meme compilations and soundboards, where creators deliberately distorted familiar alerts like the Discord notification for comic shock value. Instead of signalling a real message, the boosted version signals a joke is coming. It remains popular because everyone knows the original alert, so the exaggerated low end feels both familiar and absurd in edits, streams and short form videos.