# I Am The Storm That Is Approaching > I Am The Storm That Is Approaching is a 2020 audio meme of "Bury the Light," Vergil's Devil May Cry 5 battle theme composed by Casey Edwards, widely remixed into dramatic video edits. "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching" is an audio meme built around the bridge lyrics of "Bury the Light," Vergil's battle theme from Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition. Composed by Casey Edwards with vocals by Victor Borba, the track debuted in the game's September 2020 trailer and immediately became source material for YouTube edits and audio overlays[1]. The specific lyric turned into a go-to audio clip for dramatic or comedic video remixes, with the original song upload crossing 50 million views within two years[2]. ## Origin The Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition trailer dropped on September 16, 2020, on the official Devil May Cry YouTube channel, revealing Vergil as a playable character[1]. "Bury the Light" kicks in around the 25-second mark when the title card appears on screen. Casey Edwards composed the track, with Victor Borba providing the powerful vocals[3]. The meme format emerged almost immediately. On September 17, 2020, YouTube channel Tomokose uploaded what is widely considered the first meme edit, splicing Romeo Cannady's "Y'all Mind If I Praise The Lord" into the Vergil gameplay trailer[1]. That mashup pulled in over 2 million views within two years. Four days after the trailer, on September 20, 2020, the full song was uploaded to the DevilHunter music YouTube channel, giving creators easy access to the audio[1]. The upload quickly became one of the most-viewed video game soundtrack uploads on the platform. - **Platform:** YouTube (Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition trailer) - **Creator:** Casey Edwards (composer), Victor Borba (vocalist), Tomokose (first meme edit) - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview The meme centers on "Bury the Light," an intense vocal track that serves as the battle theme for Vergil, Dante's twin brother, in Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition[3]. The song's bridge section, where Victor Borba belts out "I am the storm that is approaching, provoking black clouds in isolation," is the portion creators sample most often[1]. The format typically involves overlaying this audio onto unrelated footage for dramatic or comedic effect, following a pattern established by the earlier DMC5 meme hit "Pull My Devil Trigger." The humor comes from the clash between the operatic intensity of the vocals and whatever mundane or unexpected visuals accompany them. ## How It Spread With the full track freely available, creators zeroed in on the bridge section as their go-to clip. On October 27, 2020, YouTube channel Jordan posted footage of a storm chaser struggling to exit his car during a storm, overlaid with the "I am the storm that is approaching" audio. The literal visual match made the joke land perfectly, and the video crossed 1 million views in two years[1]. The audio format kept finding new life whenever music-adjacent trends gained traction on social media. During the mid-2022 "Max's Favorite Song" trend from Stranger Things Season 4, creator GigaCheddar uploaded an edit on July 5, 2022, swapping in the "Bury the Light" audio. The crossover earned over 467,000 views and 34,000 likes in just two weeks[1]. Beyond YouTube, the phrase itself spread as a text-based meme. Urban Dictionary entries describe it as something people type to "describe how cool the context is," and note its use as a form of bait-and-switch humor[3]. Gaming communities adopted the line as a hype callout, dropping it in chat whenever someone was about to go off in competitive play. ## How to Use The format typically follows one of two patterns: 1. **Audio overlay on dramatic footage:** Find a video clip with intense, chaotic, or impressive visuals. Layer the bridge section of "Bury the Light" over it. The more literal or absurd the visual match, the better the joke lands. 2. **Character or gameplay edit:** Take footage of a character doing something powerful. Edit them into DMC5-style gameplay or photoshop them into a Vergil pose, with "Bury the Light" playing underneath. 3. **Text-based hype:** Type "I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING" in all caps during an intense gaming moment or when someone is about to go hard at something[3]. ## Cultural Impact The original "Bury the Light" upload surpassed 50 million views within two years of release, making it one of the most popular video game soundtrack uploads on YouTube[1]. The song's virality drove renewed interest in Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition, as people who had never played the game discovered the franchise through meme edits. The meme also drew attention to Casey Edwards as a composer and Victor Borba as a vocalist[3], since their work was circulating far beyond the audience that would normally encounter a video game soundtrack. The track's crossover into non-gaming meme spaces, like the Stranger Things "Max's Favorite Song" trend, showed that the audio had enough standalone energy to work completely divorced from its DMC context. ## Fun Facts - The first meme edit appeared just one day after the trailer dropped, on September 17, 2020[1]. - In Devil May Cry lore, Vergil is Dante's twin brother and Nero's father, making the "storm" imagery a fitting reference to his destructive, isolationist character arc[3]. - "Bury the Light" follows a tradition set by "Devil Trigger," Nero's DMC5 theme, which was also heavily memed, creating a pattern of DMC battle themes going viral on release[1]. - The phrase works as both a hype callout and a form of bait-and-switch humor, depending on the context[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching"? It's an audio meme and catchphrase based on a lyric from "Bury the Light," Vergil's battle theme in Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition, used as an audio overlay in video edits[1]. ### Where did "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching" come from? The phrase comes from the bridge of "Bury the Light," which debuted in the Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition trailer published on September 16, 2020[1]. ### What does "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching" mean? In the game, it references Vergil's destructive power and isolation. As a meme, it's used to make any situation look dramatically intense or cool[3]. ### How do you use "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching"? The most common approach is overlaying the bridge section of "Bury the Light" onto dramatic or absurd video footage. It can also be typed in all caps as a hype callout in chats[3]. ### Is "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching" still popular? The format was still generating viral edits as of mid-2022, with crossovers into other trending memes like the Stranger Things "Max's Favorite Song" trend[1]. ### Who composed "Bury the Light"? Casey Edwards composed the music and Victor Borba performed the vocals[3]. ### What was the first "I Am The Storm That Is Approaching" meme? Tomokose's September 17, 2020 YouTube edit, which combined Romeo Cannady's "Y'all Mind If I Praise The Lord" clip with the DMC5 Vergil trailer, is considered the first meme using the format[1]. ### How many views did "Bury the Light" get on YouTube? The full song upload on the DevilHunter music YouTube channel surpassed 50 million views within its first two years[1]. ### Who is Vergil in Devil May Cry? Vergil is Dante's twin brother and Nero's father in the Devil May Cry franchise. He became a playable character in DMC5 Special Edition, where "Bury the Light" serves as his battle theme[3]. ### Why is the bridge section used instead of the full song? The bridge starting with "I am the storm that is approaching" has the most dramatic vocal delivery and the catchiest hook, making it ideal for short-form video edits and audio clips[1]. ## References 1. [List of Internet phenomena]() 2. [I Am The Storm That Is Approaching - Urban Dictionary]() 3. [I Am The Storm That Is Approaching - Know Your Meme]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-am-the-storm-that-is-approaching Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library