QUARANTINE SONG ■ "LOCK ME UP" ■ The Chalkeaters feat. Idrise 

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LOCK DOWN IS IN EFFECT Gamers: “Just like the simulations”

"Gaming is now officially healthy!" -2020 Facts

*"Gaming is now officially healthy... "* *Those were good times.*

this song combined with "A Songus Amongus" perfectly encapsulates the difference between early quarantine mood and late quarantine mood

Quarantine: "Starts" Introverts: I'm 4 Parallel Universes ahead of you

Extroverts: **mental breakdowns** Introverts:

"Hangin' round with my City 17 Friends, till the Quarantine ends" The Combine: *_"Yeah, about that..."_*

This has now officially become nostalgic

And people used to ask how songs like "Ring around the rosey", which are dark, were created and became popular

Soldiers blocked my district This song was 4 parallel universes ahead of us

Why the hell do I have a feeling of nostalgia about quarantine?

As an introverted, socially anxious, easily stimuli-overwhelmed person who dislikes going out, hates driving, doesn't work well with strangers (or large gatherings), and loves staying inside but wasn't able to do so with work and college, I LOVED quarantine. It was the best year in a long time, and I miss it dearly. Some people joked about that, but I genuinely loved everything about it. My college went into chaos-mode because it wasn't prepared for remote learning (and neither were the professors), I was able to teach myself Calculus with internet guides and youtube tutorials instead of having a professor force me into group projects for 2 hours everyday (although he was still earning his paycheck sharing the occasional youtube link, a few of which were completely unrelated to our homework that he found somewhere online). Then, when I did have to go out to get groceries or whatever, everyone was required to remain 6 feet away from me and stop breathing down my neck like a bunch of serial killers. Remote banking, learning, work, shopping, and everything was made easier, and everyone's efficiency and comfort was improved simultaneously as a result. Also, you know, nobody was getting sick. I didn't even have to shovel my driveway because I never used it because I didn't have to go anywhere! I also liked wearing a mask; it was comfortable, it partially hid my facial twitches, my breath kept my face warm in the cold weather, and it even gave me an excuse to ask what someone said (I normally have trouble understanding verbal speech, but asking someone to repeat themselves often makes them irritable and sometimes angry. Now, they laughed and said, "right? I hate these masks!") There were more reasons to love quarantine, I'm sure, but these are the ones that popped into my head. All the while, everyone I knew was complaining about how we're living in the worst year ever, like it was a military dictatorship, or an apocalypse, comparing it to The Walking Dead because they had to put a piece of cloth over their mouth and stand a person's height away from one another. They also became addicted to toilet paper, apparently, which only raises more questions. It was like Ragnarok for these people.

"I understood that reference" the song.

Greenland: 11 cases, 11 healed Plague Inc. Gamer: Exatly like the simulation

This is such a beautiful time-capsule. Back when it came out, all the absolute craziness surrounding the pandemic made it feel like an enormous deal and one that was here to stay, potentially forever. Fast forward two years, and practically nobody's giving a damn anymore. That was it. And now, there's two years' worth of memes about quarantines, masks, hand sanitizers, and toilet paper shortages that future generations will scratch their heads over.

Those references were so good. This is the official 2020-2021 gamer anthem.

"To Skyrim' *You got infected by the Sanguinare Vampiris*

“Sneak out to hyrule” *holding a ps4 controller* *this is beyond science*

You’ve reached the peak of cool gamer mountain when you infect Greenland

3 years ago waht the fuck happened its like life flashed in and out... crazy

“Think I should move to Greenland” Nice Plague Inc. reference

All references in the song (there are more around the room like Kirby, fallout, sonic, ect) 0:04 last of us clickers 0:47 hyrule is from legend of Zelda 0:49 the great plateau is the beginning area of legend of Zelda breath of the wild 0:52 beedle is a shop keep in Zelda 1:01 novigrad is a city in the witcher series 1:08 redanias is the country where novigrad is in the Witcher 1:20 bloodflys are pests from dishonored 2 1:23 tyrant virus is from resident evil 1:30 Greenland never gets infected in plague inc 1:37 barnacle and headcrab are enemy’s from half life 1:40 city seventeen is where half life 2 takes near/ place 2:02 repeat of hyrule 2:05 Skyrim is the country of... Skyrim 2:06 lordran is from dark souls hence the “dying after respawning is so fun” line 2:18 kronika is mortal kombat 11s antagonist 2:21 netherrealm is mortal kombats version of hell 2:53 mr bridges is Sam porter bridges from death stranding 3:21 are all Zelda repeats 3:27 same Witcher references I think I got them all, tell me if I missed any that you got

Remember when a deadly virus that caused the entire world to go on lockdown was the only thing we were worried about? I miss those times.

I miss quarantine, it was like my favorite time.

_I want a link to this song in the next generations history books_

It took me way too long to realise that “I should move to Greenland” was a Plague inc reference Edit: how did this comment manage to spark a whole ass argument about whether it was a Plague Inc reference or because Greenland has a low amount of COVID infections

I jusr come here once in a while and feel ao nostalgic. Loved that time lol

I remember listening to this song all day when quarantine hit and playing games

“Don’t want to end up a statistic” God damn that hits deep

Quarantine : "starts" Introverts : just like in the simulation

Listening to this song, I realized that the world will never return to what it was pre-pandemic.

I kind of miss quarantine ngl.

"Don't want to end up a statistic." This hits hard, very hard.

I love how people considered gamers and introverts, boring and lonely. and now they are suffering while we are having the best time of our life. Love it.

"Gaming is healthy" Karens & moms: Impossible!!1

This channel is one of the few that make me feel proud in a sense to play games. Its one of the few where i feel like its not trying to be funny or harsh or anything just pure enjoyment. Thank you Chalkeaters for helping me through some tough times.

2020: People: It can't get any worse. Wifi: *adios.*

Now we have our official anthem ladies and gentlemen. Today's a great day.

I kinda miss the quarantine, I had so much fun playing with my friends especially as we all live in different places now and usually it was difficult to meet all together but thanks to the quarantine we had the best gaming parties 🎮

2 years after quarantine and tbh this song makes me miss it. I had so much chances to do stuff and I just didn’t.

The "Lock me up I don't mind" sentence after 13 months is getting rather unsure when I sing it.

I love how you put Isabelle next to Doom Slayer. Friendship forever.

Genuinely some of the best times of my life. God quarantine was just heaven for introverts.

How i miss quarantine. Was so quite.

Let’s just take a moment of silence to be appreciative of the fact that we live in the same time line as this song

This lockdown has changed the relationship with my closest friends, not further distancing our relationship but we live together now! Me and the Bois chill out every night! This is fun!

I wouldn't mind another lockdown gaming session. Those gaming sessions will never be the same.

"Think I should move to Greenland" Me: Outstanding move

quarantine happens. introverts: you merely adopted the isolation, i was born in it

I miss quarantine tbh

Cant believe that i would legit miss 2020 but oh well here we are...

Quarantine: Exists Extroverts: Panicking Introverts: "Just a normal day."

"Gaming is now officially healthy" YES

Even if one disregards the multitude of references and who close this song hit home back in the day, this still simply slaps.

i miss pandemic

parents: WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY DAMN KIDS nerds: yay online class gamers:

Normal people: "LET US OUT" gamers: "chill, have a controller"

Man I miss the quarantine I was still in high school and was just gaming all day long wrapped in a blanket... how fast the time flies :c

Honestly... the lockdown was the best and chillest time of my life. 6 months of doing nothing but gaming and getting enough sleep... not worrying about going to work and seeing annoying people all day. I miss it and would do it all over again anytime.

Honestly, for someone having so much fun he looks bored as shit. That’s how you know he’s actually playing the game.

*Gaming now is officially healthy* Me: Ah yes, that's good! Online class: Yo Me: *screeching*

this honestly almost makes me cry, no idea why, but it's too relatable, not only that but I caught every single reference. I wished so badly of knowing of the existence of this back in the pandemic. There were so many games I just now discovered that I could've known about way back then, such as for example never played Mario Galaxy or Mario Galaxy 2, but I was happy back then, with school becoming easier for students to get their scores balanced out, playing during classes and sometimes getting caught, and even how I cracked probably over 20 games to have fun during the pandemic, with things such as the 2 portals, Cuphead, Changed, and my personal favorite, Roblox with friends while me and my school friends laughed on a group chat when we played YBA. These are memories that not only feel nostalgic, but also feels sad to slowly forget about this game and the things that we did, with the original group chat being now completely dead and 5 of those people stopping the use of discord entirely. And how could I forget being one of those silly discord mods, and got in a massive drama on a server that barely 100 people will remember. All I can say is, 2020 and 2021 weren't good years, but the toughest times have game me the best memories of how we survived.

Judging by the colourful lights from the screen and how fast he presses buttons he plays Doom eternal

Room turns to space. Me: That’s gotta wait, I’m still grinding.

This song is 10x better when you get all of the references

Watching this in 2023 makes me miss 2020, I didn't know that was possible lmao

Wow the fact that the chalk eaters made many of my favorite songs, and yet i had no idea until soon after school started

Aight, here we go (Patch Version 1.4.2) Song References: Last of Us (Clicking Sounds from a nearby alley) TLoZ: Breath of the Wild (Great Plateau, Hyrule) TLoZ: Wind Waker (Beedle's Store) The Witcher 3 (Novigrad, Redania) Dishonored II (Bloodflies, Bloodflies >Diseased Rats btw) Resident Evil 1, 2 or 3 (Tyrant Virus, It's been in a lot of games alright) Plague Inc (Greenland, the Virus has actually reached Greenland btw, scary) Half Life 2/2.1/Alyx (Barnacle, Headcrab, City 17) Skyrim (Skyrim) Dark Souls 1 (Lordran, Dying Right after Respawning is so fun (Casual)) Mortal Kombat XI (Kronika) Death Stranding (Mr. Bridges (hey does anyone else think this name sounds stupid?)) Room Decoration Sonic: Sonic Figurine, Sonic Mania Poster, Sega Console Box Doom: One Flying Tomato Figurine, One Poster, one Helmet Skyrim: Dancing Todd, Skyrim Sticker Kirby: VERY cute Kirby Plushie Doll Pokemon: Pikachu Fallout: 2 Posters, Two Cans of Nuca Cola, one Bottle of Nuca Cola Nier Automata: one Poster Animal Crossing: one Figurine of Isabelle Zelda: Link The Witcher 3: One Poster Half Life: One Half Life Alyx Poster, One Half Life 2 Sticker Papers Please!: One Flag in the Chalkeater-Mug Cyberpunk 2077 (Coming Soon): One Poster Rain-World: Slug-Cat-Poster (thanks to the replies, now I remember) Weird things on the Screen Minecraft Half Life (1, 2 or 2.2) Oh and Quarantine appearantly lasted 127 days. Wait a Minute, thats not a game. One "good" old Bluescreen of death All Game Consoles/Handhelds/Whatever Judging by the controller, he's playing on a PS4 Four visible Gameboys (That's excesssive) One boxed up Sega Game console (Judging by the Controller on the Box, it's a Sega Saturn) One Nintendo Switch PC, obviously One Original XBox in the Shelf (But the controller doesn't match, its waaaaaaaay to small) One XBox 360 to the right of it (Propably Red Ringed) Several NES Cartridges in front of the Pizza Box Who knows what the last 3 remaining consoles are (Might be XBox One, SNES, PS1 or something completely different) Certificate: Pro Gamer. Chalkeaters References: Chalkitos (now for Sale!) 1 Chalkeater Mug Breathtaking poster Doom Crossing on the Monitor Videoception in the last half of the video on the Monitor Judging by the calendar it is currently Wednesday, the 15th of July. Which does add up with the 127 Days of Quarantine. But hey, that's just a theory. A GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

"I stay put, the whole spring-" Me: whole spring, summer, and probably fall too... Then comes the Fall OuT

It's almost 3 years and these song is still a classic

Can't believe it's been nearly 4 years

Two songs in a couple months?! Truly a blessing.

"And while we hide, bloodflies might swarm the city spreading." *Definitely - like 👍*

Pov that last survivor in plague inc:

The nostalgia is bittersweet because this was a bad time for everyone and now it’s strangely nostalgic like skylanders or Minecraft

This song will age very well, mark my words.

Extroverts: *NOooo!! u can't just sit back and stay in quarantine without any communication!!* Introverts: Ha-hah, the game go pew-pew

finally, it ended. now it's time to resume our gaming

They say the social isolation during the C-virus epidemic was bad for your mental health... _But for me, it was Tuesday!_

World: **Is on lockdown** Gamers: Wait, this is not a boss fight

"dying after respawning is so fun" what a mood lmao

man this song really hits after 15 days to slow the spread turns into a year

It is still my beloved song that no matter what never gets old

“heard clicking sounds from the nearby alley” Welp, you’re dead. Don’t make any noise.

The guy might look like he is fine just playing, but he is moving and clicking every single button a LOT. What is he playing, DOOM eternal?

This was the introverts dream and now it's gone . . . I can't believe I miss the quarentine so bad.

Man.. This song is super nastalgic.. Sure covid but i like to call it my golden age... I was always at peak happynees, the memes were awsome! And the songs... Man the songs... I wish i could go back

"But there's a glossy door in my parent's basement, I slip into it avoiding a barren wasteland" Fallout : _(sad nuclear noises)_

Everyone: "Wow this is great!" RU-vid: "Uh, demonetized."

This song is such a feel good song.

Why is this nostalgic This shouldn't be nostalgic _It's only been 2 weeks since lockdown started_

Governments: Stay home. Gamers: we weren't planning on leaving anyway. 😎

Normal people: oh no I can’t go outside Us: Worship me mortal extroverts for I have been doing this my whole life

3 years later still a bop

This song reminds gamers to never gave up on gaming

Sees that it was uploaded 2 months ago Me: "Wonder how the hell i missed it"

i swear every single line is a reference to something, and the fact that it just _works_ so well is unbelievable like, moving to greenland? plague inc bois know whats up tyrant virus? no need to say it headcrabs? god it goes on and on

A bit of reflection on this stuff, and I now realise how screwed up the world got from just a year of hell. Meanwhile my life has been hell, so I managed to get a bit better during that time. Thanks for making these songs, they're genuinely great.

Я и не задумывался как повезло всем не совершеннолетним в эти дни. И ведь, правда, маленький рай с Огромным Пространством. Счастливчики ;)