Then somehow, mysteriously, the TikTokers noticed that intro. Masked Wolf, who comes from Sydney, recorded the song with the Melbourne producer Tyron Hapi, and it sat online, mostly unnoticed, for more than a year. “Astronaut In The Ocean” is a song that the mostly-unknown Australian rapper Masked Wolf first posted on YouTube in the summer of 2019. parkour #fypシ #viral #jump #dogvscat #leopard That, at least, is my best explanation for the “Astronaut In The Ocean” phenomenon. If you were editing a short serotonin-burst video for a social-media network - a video where, say, something dramatic happens 17 seconds in - then a song like that might fit your needs perfectly.
The song’s intro lasts exactly 17 seconds, but that’s enough time to build a quick hit of tension-and-release energy. One stern, commanding voice calls out over that emptiness: “What you know about rolling down in the deep?” Then the drums kick in, hard. An urgent drone in the background gets busier, then suddenly blinks out. The spy-movie guitar rings out three twangy, echoing notes.
