Numerous pop and hip hop songs reference the film, including Common's "Blue Sky", N.E.R.D.'s "Hypnotize U", XV's "The Kick", Black Eyed Peas' "Just Can't Get Enough", Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot", Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor", and B.o.B's "Strange Clouds", while T.I. had Inception-based artwork on two of his mixtapes. An instrumental track by Joe Budden is titled "Inception".[164] The animated series South Park parodies the film in the show's tenth episode of its fourteenth season, titled "Insheeption."[165] The film was also an influence for Ariana Grande's video for "No Tears Left to Cry."[166] "Lawnmower Dog", the second episode of the animated comedy show Rick and Morty, parodied the film.[167] In an episode of The Simpsons, named "How I Wet Your Mother", the plot spoofs Inception with various scenes parodying moments from the film.[168] The showrunners of the television series The Flash said its season 4 finale was inspired by Inception.[169] In February 2020, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift released a lyric video for her single "The Man", which featured visuals bearing resemblance to the film. The song also mentions DiCaprio in its lyrics.[170]
The film's title has been colloquialized as the suffix -ception, which can be jokingly appended to a noun to indicate a layering, nesting, or recursion of the thing in question.[171]
