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He's Singing at 963 Hz Frequency refers to a series of memes based on a clip of British singer performing "Pie Jesu" on the British talent show competition Britain's Got Talent. The clip has frequently been incorrectly captioned with a notice that the boy is singing in the 963 Hz frequency, which, according to pseudoscientific beliefs, is thought to have healing properties and which has been referred to as "divine frequency" or "god frequency". Online, the captioned clip of the performance has been paired with various unrelated music as a way of humorously describing that music as "divine".

Origin

On April 16th, 2023, episode 2 of the 16th season of British talent show competition Britain's Got Talent premiered on ITV. In the episode, 13-year-old British singer Malakai Bayoh performs a vocal piece "Pie Jesu". A YouTube^[1] upload made on the same day garnered over 11 million views in two years.

On April 27th, 2023, TikTok^[2] account @1world_of_talents posted a clip of Bayoh's performance, making an incorrect claim that the treble "can hit the 963 HZ note". The video (shown below) received over 744,000 likes in two years. During his performance, Bayoh reached the highest note frequency of 880 Hz;^[3] moreover, singing does not typically involve maintaining the same note for a prolonged period of time.

The claim that 963 Hz frequency has special properties stems from spiritual beliefs in "Solfeggio frequencies", a set of tones thought to have healing properties. The 963 frequency in particular has been referred to as "the god frequency" and "divine frequency".^[4]

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On May 2nd, 2023, Instagram^[5] account insidehistory posted the clip with the caption, "he's singing in 963Hz frequency known as the frequency of "Divine Harmony". The post received over 1.5 million likes in two years.

The false claim saw further spread as accounts on Instagram, X and TikTok made more reposts of the clip which parroted it. For example, on December 30th, 2023, TikTok^[6] user @saint_bhad made a repost that garnered over 217,000 likes in one and a half years. On April 2nd, 2025, X^[7] user @TheFigen_ made a repost that received over 4 million views, 11,000 reposts and 77,000 likes in two weeks (shown below).

The boy sings at 963hz, also known as "the frequency of divine harmony". pic.twitter.com/5zy8jUnLzW

— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 2, 2025

The X post prompted memes which replaced boy's singing with various unrelated music and sounds. For example, on April 3rd, 2025, Instagram^[8] user carrierpigeongang paired the video with an auto-tuned version of "Roddy Rich's song "The Box"":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/roddy-ricchs-the-box. The edit (shown below) garnered over 62,000 likes in two weeks.

On April 9th, 2025, X^[9] user @peepo173 combined the clip with "Fart Beat" by YouTube channel ItsJerryAndHarry. The edit (shown below) garnered over 880 reposts and 6,100 likes in five days.

pic.twitter.com/PC20KVnGjh

— peepo (@peepo173) April 10, 2025

More humorous edits in which the boy's singing was replaced appeared on Instagram in April 2025.

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