Chop Suey was released in 2001 as the lead single from Toxicity, the second album by Armenian American metal band System of a Down. Its frantic opening line became one of the most quoted moments in nu metal, helped by the song's rapid shifts between shouting and melody and its widely shared music video. Fans later clipped the opening shout on its own for soundboards and short edits, where it works as a standalone wake up call detached from the full song.
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The short Wake Up shout from System of a Down's Chop Suey, the aggressive metal vocal that opens the song and is used for abrupt wake up memes and edits.
This is the explosive opening shout from Chop Suey by System of a Down, isolated as a very short clip. Serj Tankian screams the two words Wake Up with raw, frantic energy over the sudden start of the track, making it feel like an alarm rather than a greeting. The delivery is harsh, loud and instantly recognisable to metal fans, even out of context. Used on its own, it jolts a calm scene awake, turning a sleepy moment, a slow reveal or a quiet video into something urgent and chaotic in less than a second.
