Your phone ringing

A sound from the 😂 Memes category

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Also as: Discord-ready (≤5 s) · iPhone ringtone (.m4r) · Android ringtone (MP3) · how to add it to Discord · how to set it as a ringtone

📖 What is the “Your phone ringing” sound?

This sound is a short vocal ringtone clip featuring a man with an exaggerated accent shouting lines like 'your phone linging, your phone going to go to voicemail, goodbye.' The voice is loud, comedic, and urgent, mimicking the tone of someone scolding the phone's owner for not answering. It runs about 17 seconds and loops through the phrase in a sing-song, nagging cadence that makes it instantly recognizable once heard. The clip started as a novelty ringtone video on YouTube in 2019 but didn't gain meme status until TikTok users began downloading it and secretly setting it as their ringtone in late 2023, filming friends' and family members' startled reactions when it rang in public. The humor comes from the absurd mismatch between a normal phone call and this chaotic, almost scolding voice yelling about the call going to voicemail. It quickly became a call-and-response audio trend, with people echoing the lines back at the phone. Its origin is not clearly documented beyond the 2019 YouTube upload and subsequent 2023 TikTok resurgence, so some details about who first popularized the viral spread remain unclear. The sound is now a staple in prank videos and reaction memes, often layered under footage of someone's phone going off at an inconvenient moment.

🧭 Where it comes from

Origin: Know Your Meme (2019) — documented

The ringtone originated from a video titled 'Phone Ringing – Funny Asian Ringtone' uploaded by YouTube channel The Marimba Squad on August 1, 2019. It resurfaced as a viral meme on TikTok in late 2023, when users filmed reactions to having it set as their actual ringtone. Some sources attribute the viral TikTok spread to a creator known as Ms. Juice, though the exact chain of reuploads is not fully documented.

🎬 How to use it in your edits

Drop it in right as a video cuts to someone looking startled or annoyed, simulating their phone going off unexpectedly in a public or awkward setting. It also works well as a prank sound effect, played from an off-screen phone to get a genuine reaction from someone nearby before revealing the joke.

Download the file above, then import it into CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve — or straight into TikTok / Instagram. The sound is free for your videos.

💬 Questions about this sound

What does the voice in the sound actually say?

It repeats a phrase similar to 'your phone linging, your phone going to go to voicemail, goodbye' in an exaggerated, scolding tone.

Where did this ringtone come from?

It traces back to a 2019 YouTube video called 'Phone Ringing – Funny Asian Ringtone' by The Marimba Squad, though it only went viral on TikTok in late 2023.

Why did it become popular on TikTok?

Users began secretly setting it as their ringtone and filming people's surprised reactions when their phone rang in public, which spread rapidly as a prank trend.