As of December 2024, a viral meme has been created from a song based on a horror video game. “Five Nights at Freddy’s”a 10 year franchise. Company Steel Wool Games, is releasing a new game called “Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic.” The game releases June 13, 2025. In anticipation, fans release their own music for the game. XTRATUNA is one of these Youtubers. “JACKIE’S BOX” is one of the fan songs they created for the game, two verses of this song have gone viral across social media.
The first part that went viral is after the first verse, we meet a character named Edwin, who created the mimic. He states the pieces were difficult to put together, but nonetheless Edwin put it together. Something went wrong however, and he states he is stuck singing the song.
XTRATUNA used a stock image of a man’s side profile who is wearing a hat and glasses, then naming the image “Edwin Murphy.” The meme became popular due to how uncanny the sound the song has as a whole was.
Edwin is not the only name that became popular, the David verse became even more popular. David is Edwin’s son. David wants many scoops of ice cream. He also declares his name is David several times. When he doesn’t, David wants his ball. To find the ball, David runs out on the road. Unfortunately, there was a car and it hit David. This led to him becoming the mimic Edwin created.
David is a fully orange colored stocked image of a child. “My name is David” became even more viral than Edwin’s verse. Many people created parodies and memes based on the verse created. For example, a user called “therealsullyg” uses the instrument otamatone to the David verse.
Although the song is perceived as really bad, it was an actual attempt at a genuine song, as said by the creator