- playlist usage
- Found in playlists titled around heartbreak, anxiety, or chaotic life energy โ 'SOS playlist for bad days'.
- mood mapping
- Maps to high-intensity emotional states: crisis, overwhelm, heartbreak, or the cathartic release thereof.
- bio use
- Artists or users with chaotic personal brands may include it in their bio as an aesthetic marker of being emotionally unfiltered.
- artist context
- Referenced in context of ABBA's 'SOS' and Rihanna's 'SOS' โ playlists evoking those songs often use this emoji as visual shorthand.