A glitch from a horror film has become a trend on TikTok. The “No Signal” trend borrows a scene from Kane Parsons’ Backrooms: Everything Must Go edition, where a TV shows a looping song and a blue screen with Chinese lettering that reads “No signal.” Now users are remixing that glitch across Sonic, Roblox, Minecraft, and The Simpsons.
The trend started in mid-August 2026 and carried into September. It draws directly on a moment from the film, where researchers in the backrooms find a room with a TV playing the looping track. The song itself is called “No Signal,” and the screen cuts to a blue display with Chinese characters that translate to “No signal.”
The Film Scene
The scene appears at the end of the video. Researchers find a room with a TV. The TV plays a looping song over footage that routinely cuts to a blue screen with Chinese lettering in the center. The word purportedly translates to “No signal,” suggesting the TV signal is being interrupted by something like an entity.
Kane Parsons released Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition on July 3rd, 2026. It is a cut of the film Backrooms with 15 additional minutes of footage added as a post-credits scene. That extra footage was later posted to Parsons’ YouTube channel, Kane Pixels, where it gained over 4 million views in a month.
The Early Remixes
On July 7th, 2026, YouTuber IVNB611 posted a recreation of the “No Signals” song, gaining over 122,000 views in two months. The description identifies the sample as “SOULSURPLUS_elevador_melodic_loop_6_piano_chords_bossa_nova_jazz_78_bpm_Bmin.wav.”
The trend took hold on TikTok quickly after that. On August 4th, TikToker @zaciii11037 posted a video consisting of a remix of the “No Signal” song over a Roblox themed image, garnering over 1.7 million views in three weeks.
How The Trend Spread
The trend moved fast through August. Here is the order of major posts:
- @zaciii11037 used a Roblox image on August 4th.
- @edensonicmaniagd used Sonic footage on August 18th.
- @thesamydonut2 used footage from the Backrooms movie on August 24th.
- @eli77423 used an unofficial game or mod based on The Simpsons on September 1st.
- @sunnyydeii used Minecraft footage on September 16th.
Each version adds its own creepiness. The @edensonicmaniagd post, titled “No signal (Chinelin SONIC),” pairs Sonic footage with the blue screen. The @thesamydonut2 post is a Backrooms larp edit. The @eli77423 post features Ralph and Nelson from The Simpsons. The @sunnyydeii post brings the glitch into Minecraft.
The Comments Version
Some versions of the trend set the song to screenshots of comment sections. One user posts an image of a character, and another responds with an image of that character being killed or feeling depressed. It is a grim twist on the usual comment chain.
What The Trend Shows
The trend is notable for how far it has spread. It took a single scene from a film and turned it into a format that works across multiple platforms and genres. The @zaciii11037 post alone reached 1.7 million views in three weeks.
| Post | Platform | View Count |
|---|---|---|
| @zaciii11037 | TikTok | Over 1.7 million |
| @edensonicmaniagd | TikTok | Over 440,000 |
| @thesamydonut2 | TikTok | Over 282,000 |
| @eli77423 | TikTok | Over 100,000 |
| @sunnyydeii | TikTok | Over 434,000 |
Why It Works
The appeal is simple. A blue screen with Chinese text is already unsettling. Pair it with a looping song and footage from a horror film, and the effect compounds. The trend works because it is easy to replicate and hard to ignore.
The trend also benefits from the “remix” format. Users can take the same template and fill it with their own content. That flexibility means new versions keep appearing.
The trend has spread across gaming, comedy, and horror content. The creepiness comes from the combination of the blue screen, the looping song, and the sudden interruptions.
New versions will likely appear soon.
See the video the story is built around at Know Your Meme.
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