UNRAVEL / Donny's Theme

About

"UNRAVEL" is a song by Japanese musician TK that is used in the opening credits of the 2014 anime series Tokyo Ghoul. Starting in March 2019, the song and its acoustic version have often been used in videos that chronicle a person's downfall by presenting their posts and comments. On iFunny, the song is known as Donny's Theme. The meme is closely associated with Kaneki Profile Picture.

Origin

On July 11th, 2014, episode two "Incubation" of the anime series "Tokyo Ghoul" premiered.^[1] In the opening credits of the series, the song "UNRAVEL," written by Japanese musician Toru "TK" Kitajima, plays (original and acoustic versions of the song shown below).

On March 1st, 2019, iFunny^[2] user SAINT_PABLO posted a screenshot of a Discord message by iFunny user Donny^[3] reading "I love her so much, so fucking much, I don't care if shes a catfish" accompanied by the acoustic version of the song. The video received over 15,700 smiles in the platform in one year (shown below). In addition to this post, multiple posts^[4][5][6] cataloging Donny's misfortunes in his approaches to females were made on the app in 2018 and 2019.

Spread

In the following year, the post was frequently repubbed by various users on iFunny, with the song becoming associated with Donny and gaining notoriety as "Donny's Theme." On July 28th, 2019, iFunny^[7] user Cannotkillrage696969 used the song over a textpost by iFunny user BloodDrive (shown below, left), gaining over 2,700 smiles. On October 13th, 2019, iFunny^[8] user Botan posted a STFU I'm Listening to meme, referring to the song as "Donny's Theme." The post received over 3,400 smiles (shown below, center). A screenshot of a Twitter exchange accompanied by the song posted by iFunny^[9] user Jimble on October 18th received over 9,000 smiles (shown below, right).

In the following months, the song was used in more notable iFunny posts that chronicled a person's downfall. In April 2020, a popular post by iFunny^[10] user Rape_Horse documenting posts by Discord user Rigboi was reposted on Twitter,^[11] gaining over 197,000 views, 6,100 retweets and 25,000 likes in four days.

Related Memes

Kaneki Profile Picture

Kaneki Profile Picture refers to a manga panel of Tokyo Ghoul:re main protagonist Ken Kaneki throwing back his head, with his hair obscuring his eyes. Online, setting the panel as the profile picture became associated attempting to convey the feelings of pain, self-pity and resignation in the face of being unwanted or rejected, with memes about "kaneki avis" and "kaneki pfps" gaining popularity starting in late 2019.

Various Examples

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