Windows 11 arrived in 2021 as Microsoft's successor to Windows 10, bringing back a startup sound after Windows 10 had largely muted the tradition. Online, creators quickly began remixing familiar system sounds, boosting and distorting them in the same spirit as other exaggerated edit effects. This bass boosted take spread through meme edits and soundboards alongside clips like the classic error sound, where a tiny interface noise is treated like a huge event. It stays popular because almost anyone who uses a PC knows the chime instantly.