In March 2020 Cardi B posted an Instagram rant warning followers that coronavirus was real, and her drawn out shout of the word quickly became a meme. Producers looped the vocal into dance remixes, including a version by DJ iMarkkeyz that spread widely on social media, while this brega funk take pushed it further onto Brazilian soundboards and edits. The clip stayed in rotation long after the first lockdowns because the shout became shorthand for pandemic panic, jokes about hygiene, and any news that felt suddenly out of control.