Predictability can be boring, aggravating, and even heartbreaking, depending on the context.
Guessing someone's response to a situation can feel satisfying, but if it's not the response you want to hear, that's a whole other story.
So, with that in mind, can you "guess" what our latest column will be about?
The sound
As the music plays in the background, a sultry male voice asks, "Are you up for a joyride later?"
This is followed up by a female voice asking: "Where do you want to take me?"
To which the male replies: "Guess."
All of the dialouge is overlaid on top of Charli XCX's "Guess" track off of her Brat album, which she collaborated with Billie Eilish on:
TikTokers, in turn, are lip-syncing to this sound and sarcastically inviting users to "guess" how a particular scenario or conversation played out. Typically, these outcomes are leaving these users disappointed but not surprised.
Here are some examples:
"I started treating them the way they treated me," @account555svh wrote. "How did they react? Guess."
"I asked him for one thing, do not cheat on me cuz I'm traumatized," @nevaaadaa added. "And what happened? Guess."
"I came out to a boy when I first realized I was lesbian, and suddenly he had a brand new crush," @sp4c3_c0wb0y said. "Who was it? Guess."
"I politely turned down a man," @notbrookemonk recounted. "How'd he react? Guess."
The sound has been used 63,100 times.
Where's it from?
The dialogue comes from the popular sci-fi video game Love In Deep Space. It's an otome RPG that involves a female protagonist and a host of romanceable characters. One such character is Sylus, who is heavily implied to be a supernatural being of some kind.
@syqveen its here^^ thank you @angry nerd for this amazing sound^^???????? #loveanddeepspace #loveanddeepspaceedit #lads #sylusedit #otome #aftereffects #fyp #sylus
♬ original sound - ?ᥫ᭡?
He says this line to the protagonist after fighting an NPC fiend called a Wanderer.
The source video is a fan cam of Slylus that, at the time of writing, has amassed 5 million views.
Sound off
Gamers are highly amused by the virility of the sound, with one TikToker writing:
"I think it's so funny that people are using this sound without knowing it comes from a first-person POV video game where you have 4 boyfriends and the one in this game is a dragon."
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