A 2007 Linkin Park single that became a template in 2022 for videos captioned as a film 'but if it came out in 2007' — slow-motion hero shots, a lens flare, the chorus arriving on the final frame. Taken from the song's use over the end of the 2007 Transformers film.
The joke is about how films ended in 2007, not about the band. The song is being used as a date stamp, and would be replaceable if any other track had been on that scene.
Logged in 2023 under a clip of a documentary about seabirds, cut as though it were an action film, with the chorus over the closing shot. The top comment asked for a full trailer.
The format edits a modern film into the grammar of a particular year: the freeze on the last shot, the sunset, the guitar. The song is the only element that has to be there.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
