About

Burning Piano refers to a video of a man in a suit playing a burning piano on a beach. The clip and still image were both used as reactions referring to someone arranging great music for films or games.

Origin

On July 8th, 2019, YouTube^[1] user Данила Большаков uploaded a video of himself wearing a Mozart costume and playing "H In New England" by Max Richter using burning piano on the beach. The video received more than 842,000 views in three years (shown below).

Spread

Starting in 2022, the video was popular as a reaction, implying the person in the clip is playing great music for specific films and games. For example, on January 7th, 2022, Facebook^[2] user Steve Austin Henry uploaded the clip imagining the process behind making the SpongeBob SquarePants song "Gary Come Home". The video received more than 39,000 reactions and 124,000 shares in 11 months (shown below).

On January 26th, 2022, YouTube^[3] user Myst3ry uploaded a "STFU I'm listening to" edit by using Данила's video "C418: Aria Math." The video received more than 1.1 million views in 11 months (shown below).

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