When you hear a piece of music not as a full-song but as a snippet being used in other mediums, such as for a meme, advertisement, movie scene, TikTok, etc.
"I just realized I know this song, even though I never directly listened to it or knew its name."

"Yes. That's called second-hand listening."
by Mayhem.Projector February 24, 2021
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