The origins of the use of Imogen’s song “Hide and Seek”, know mostly by it’s chorus lyrics “Mmmm…whatcha say,” was in the season two finale of the popular teen drama show, The O.C. It is used in order to dramatize a scene involving the main character shooting someone in the back. The music starts up after a few seconds of silence, and plays the chorus of the song as the man who gets shot falls to the floor in slow motion. Though it was not meant to be, the scene and the song combination became an origin for yet another internet parody.
Later on, Saturday Night Live premiered a parody of the scene, including actors from the show as well as members from the group The Lonely Island. The scene depicted actors casually yet dramatically shooting each other, and showing each person falling to the floor dramatically as the song plays.
Since then, using this song mixed in with another dramatic scene from different movies and television shows. This meme has become one that recurs over and over, made by many video users, and it can be considered a remix in the way that it incorporates clips and scenes from films and mixes with the chorus of the song, creating a dramatic moment to mimic what was originally done in The O.C. The meme continues to earn laughs as many versions are found among many social media platforms like Tumblr and Facebook, and with each reblog the source because more popular in its ridicule of the first scene.This serves as a remix in the way that it pulls from many different movie scenes, from different genres, and meshes it with the chorus of “Hide and Seek”, slowing down the scenes to add a dramatic presence and add a comedic front to the scene.