[1] It depicts the band performing the song at a funeral where all the mourners are wearing masks and costumes.

The song was featured in the trailer for the 2018 film Midnight Sun, starring Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

[6] As a result of the viral popularity of "Spirits" on TikTok, on September 10, 2020, the band re-released an official lyric video to the song more than 5 years since it was released to YouTube, which received more than 837K views as of March 23, 2022.

[7] A bittersweet nostalgia themed clip comparing then and now footage of famous celebrities has been used on social media websites using this song.

[citation needed] The same year in June, the song was used in the Netflix animated series This World Can't Tear Me Down by Zerocalcare, at the end of the sixth episode, "No Place for You".