Kraid's Music
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About
Kraid's Music refers to a song that plays in Metroid while the player traverses Kraid's Lair. In early 2019, the song became used in numerous bait-and-switch remixes a la Megalovania.
Origin
Kraid's theme appeared in the original Metroid game for the NES, released in 1986 (shown below).
On January 9th, 2019, Twitter user @jab50yen posted a remix of the track set to a Mafia City meme (shown below).
This meme better not be dead yet pic.twitter.com/WKsakHaT3s
— Jab @ Birthday on 22nd (@jab50yen) January 10, 2019
Spread
Hours later, @ItsBigPurp posted a remix of a TikTok featuring the opening notes of the theme (shown below).
— Birthday Name (4) ❁ (@ItsBigPurp) January 10, 2019
Over the following several days, the user uploaded dozens more similar videos, saying they hoped it would be the month information Metroid 4 is released.[2] Some examples include a Sicko Mode variation that gained over 70 retweets and 200 likes (shown below, top) and a Games Done Quick post that gained over 50 retweets and 170 likes (shown below, bottom).
— Birthday Name (4) ❁ (@ItsBigPurp) January 12, 2019
— Birthday Name (4) ❁ (@ItsBigPurp) January 13, 2019
The trend was picked up by other Twitter users in the following days. User @TripleKyun posted a video parodying a King of the Hill scene that gained over 900 retweets and 3,000 likes (shown below, top) and user @DitzyFlama posted a Spongebob Squarepants remix that gained over 300 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, bottom). An inquiry about the spread of the remixes was posted to /r/OutOfTheLoop on January 14th, 2019.[1]
— Triple-Q (@TripleKyun) January 16, 2019
— DitzyFlama 👖 (@DitzyFlama) January 15, 2019
Various Examples
I got a virus on my computer
— DitzyFlama 👖 (@DitzyFlama) January 15, 2019
Help me pic.twitter.com/GDmXv7iDQh
This was always one of my favorite themes pic.twitter.com/fy6g0FVwrf
— Dyllon Stejakoski (@DStejGaming) January 15, 2019
never got this easter egg before wtf pic.twitter.com/U0QkYoI7QQ
— blade (@bladecocucks) January 14, 2019
— Misty (@MistysMisties) January 13, 2019
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – What's up with the video edits with Brinstar (Metroid) music on Twitter?
[2] Twitter – ItsBigPurp
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