I’m hardly the first person to make a “this is what YouTube was meant for” style remark about some quirky video found online. And though it’s cliche by now, there is still some truth to it. This video that came across my feed, a Roller Coaster Tycoon custom track synchronized to a popular song from K-Pop Demon Hunters, was the first real thing this year to make my feel that cliche.

The video is from a channel called Tube Cody, where the creator uploads videos centered on theme parks and simulator games. This includes the occasional synchronized Roller Coaster Tycoon synchronized music video. As you can probably guess, these videos show coasters built to match the beats and tune of popular songs.

But that’s not what makes them stand out; it’s Cody’s commitment toward combining visual symbolism and interpretations of the song into the entire park.

In their What It Sound Like video, which uses a climactic song from the hit Netflix animation K-Pop Demon Hunters, they include all sorts of small and large details that tie into the scene, story, and greater plot of the film.

Each coaster’s color matches its respective character, sure. That was to be expected. What I didn’t expect were the little things. Dark coasters interweave between the carts during the line “We listened to the demons, we let them get between us,” a massive line of carts appear when the crowd starts singing along, and the ground is covered in yellow lines to represent the honmoon healing.

The level of effort and consideration to both Roller Coaster Tycoon’s creative capabilities and how to represent the story told in the song is immaculate. And that’s what amazes me.

There is someone out there using a simulator game from 1999 as a creative outlet for music from a 2025 Korean animation. And they aren’t half assing it, either. It feels like passion, like this is something Cody genuinely loves doing, regardless of where. YouTube allows his creative ideas to easily reach strangers like me.

YouTube has become a very corporate, monetized space. Ad sponsors, high revenue click bait, algorithm chasing, and family-friendly washed media take the main stage more times than not. And it’s exhausting. I really appreciate Cody and people like him, who share what they’re genuinely passionate about with the world. It’s a breath of fresh air that I very much needed.

You can find more about Tube Cody on his YouTube channel. Since videos like that cannot be monetized (further evidence that this is passion over profit), they requested folks check out his Patreon, or donate directly via PayPal.

I’m sure Google will LOVE how length of a title that is.