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For all theno-context screenshotsandFuck off GIFs, though, its clear whichSuccessionmemes are the mightiest.
Hint: Cue the princely piano.
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Nicholas BritellsEmmy-winningtheme forSuccessionhas inspired several timelines worth of memes.
Its been retrofitted to theiconic, old-timeyCheersopeningand used to create a new intro forArrested Development.
(Well happily settle forPusha T, who cooked up a proper remix in collaboration with Britell.)
This writer may or may not have made sure the songplayed at his weddinglast month.
TheSuccessiontheme is such a hit online that it raises the question: Why?
Why has this 90-second instrumental developed such a dedicated following, and what makes it so meme-able?
Generally speaking, theres a very obvious common denominator among all music-driven memes.
Thats not really the case withSuccession.
It has this big ceremony to it both the show and the song.
It has this weird, sinister tone to it.
Its like the entire essence ofMalibus Most Wantedboiled into a theme song but good.
It nails the tone of the show so well, he says.
You feel tough listening to it, and you feel powerful listening to it.
I remade the theme song to#Successionin#MarioPaint.
Ideally, youll find a time to play it that splits the difference between gravitas and goof.
It still somehow makes me feel like, Yeah, cool.
