The sound comes from Dame Tu Cosita by Panamanian artist El Chombo, a song that found a second life in 2018 when an animated green alien dancing to it went viral online. The clip spread through YouTube and short video apps as a dance challenge, with users copying the alien's simple hip swaying moves. In Turkey it circulated under the name yeşil uzaylı, meaning green alien, and kept being reused as a short dance meme long after the challenge faded because the character and beat are instantly recognisable.