What Is 'YABABAINA?' Satapan P's Viral 'Vocaloid' Song-Turned-Meme Explained

Vocaloid fans are raving over producer Satapan P's latest Vocaloid-produced song YABABAINA and its colorful music video has quickly become the subject of memes on sites like TikTok and X. The song, which features the voices of Hatsune Miku, Zundamon and Kasane Teto is being touted as a return to the glory days of Vocaloid music and it's becoming inescapable online, inspiring everything from fan animations to redraws. Here's why.

What Is 'YABABAINA?'

YABABAINA is a song by Satapan P produced using the Vocaloid vocal synthesizer software. The song, which features the voices of Hatsune Miku, Zundamon and Kasane Teto, is fast, frantic and features an interesting mixture of fast singing over electronic and metal instrumentation. Its music video is even more wild, using a distinct, ever-changing, almost childlike hand-drawn style that perfectly captures the vibes of the song.

The song was posted to YouTube at the end of February 2024 and gained nearly a million views in a month. It's been widely praised by fans of the genre, with some calling it a return to the golden age of Vocaloid music. This has lead to tons of fan content and memes surrounding the song and music video, starting with a Brick Breaker meme posted on TikTok by Satapan P themselves in early March that gained millions of views in a few weeks.

How Is 'YABABAINA' Used In Memes?

YABABAINA'S popularity skyrocketed in its first month, inspiring lots of memes and fan content on TikTok and X specifically. The most popular memes are redraws of a particular scene in the music video where the three Vocaloid singers hold hands while dancing and singing together, a powerful swirl of colors moving behind them.

As an extension of this, the same scene is also being re-animated to depict characters other than the Vocaloids dancing and singing to the song. The references range across fandoms, from Breaking Bad to Pokemon to Undertale and beyond. The song has also inspired a lot of fan art depicting the three singers in a style reminiscent of the music video.

For the full history of YABABAINA, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.