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With so many streaming platforms and so much choice at our fingertips, we can watch pretty much any TV series we want at any time. There are always new shows being released, but let's face it, sometimes the best ones are the familiar childhood favorites which never get old.
Like many millennials, Alex Deam, 34, loves the nostalgic feeling she gets whenever she thinks of her favorite TV shows from the nineties and aughts. Think The X Files, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer—no matter how many times Deam has seen them, there's always chance for another binge watch.
Whenever Deam hears the opening notes from the theme tunes the nostalgia instantly hits, as she told Newsweek that she's instantly transported "back to [her] childhood" in that moment.
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Deam couldn't resist sharing the six "sounds that summon millennials" in a TikTok video (@alexdeam), including the memorable theme tunes from Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and South Park. The clip delighted many and it's gained over 574,000 views and more than 59,300 likes so far.
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"I came up with a long list of different intros, and it was hard to decide which ones I should keep since it's only a short video. I was in doubt about what sound I should put first, but I decided to go with Charmed and I was right to do so because it's the most mentioned series in the comments," Deam said.
"My audience loved it. There were some people who recognized the sounds but couldn't recall what it was from. The absolute majority guessed them all, and there were even some older and younger people in the comments who also loved those shows."
These sounds are a nostalgic reminder of the glory days for many millennials, who are people born between 1981 and 1996, according to Pew Research Center. After that comes Generation Z, who were born between the years 1997 and 2012.
Many Gen Zers have grown up with streaming platforms like Netflix, so they're accustomed to watching their favorite shows as and when they please. But millennials like Deam still remember the good old days of rushing home to catch the show, or taping over a precious family video to record the latest installment.
She continued: "I remember that some of the series were on at the same time I had music class or other activities, so my sister would record the episode I missed on VHS, and I would watch it when I got home. I did the same for her when she was out because neither of us ever wanted to miss our favorite shows—what a time it was."
Since going viral for sharing such nostalgic sounds, Deam has loved connecting with people from all over the world who love to reminisce over such fond childhood memories. Regardless of geography or upbringing, TV shows from the nineties are sure to bring people together.
Deam told Newsweek: "I find it astonishing that people from different countries or regions can be united by the music and TV series they grew up with. I receive messages from people saying that even though they live on the other side of the world, we had the similar experiences and watched the same shows.
"People often tell me that I remind them of their childhood and make them feel at home. And that's the best compliment I could wish for."
The TikTok video of the theme tunes has amassed over 1,200 comments already, as the theme tunes transported many people back to much simpler times. One comment reads: "The Charmed theme song was my jam."
Another person responded: "Charmed and Buffy got me right in the feels!"
While another TikTok user commented: "I have been summoned."
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