The original theme comes from Titanic, the 1997 film, where My Heart Will Go On became one of the most recognised movie songs in the world. Online, creators began using a cheap sounding parody version to score the opposite of romance: failures, crashes and embarrassing endings. Short video platforms helped the joke spread because the melody is instantly recognisable even when played badly. It remains popular because viewers understand the reference in a second, before the visual punchline has even finished.