It ’s tax time of year year - circle at the Atlanta home of musician Matt Hobbs .
canine tooth parenting is a bottomless vault ofsilly videos , psyche - scratching behavior , and , if you ’re Atlantamusician Matt Hobbs , just so many songs .
The laminitis ofPuppy Songsso far has spell more than 150 tunes about his life sentence with 13 - year - old pups Marley ( aka Mar Pup ) and Leni , a pair ofChihuahuaandPomeranianmix littermates . His latest hit , the musical theatre - inspired " Cheese Tax , " has earned one thousand thousand of views on TikTok while compelling us to always thrum the melodic line on our way of life to the refrigerator .
Photo: @puppysongs / TikTok
What began as a fun task has transform into a relatable anthem for countless dog owners who look a dogtooth to materialize next to them whenever they launch the cheese draftsman or grasp for some Kraft Singles . As the Song dynasty fit : When the cheese draftsman afford , you got ta give the taxation .
" I did n’t guess that this was so cosmopolitan or that citizenry would be so tickle by it , " Hobbs tells Daily Paws .
Composing ‘Cheese Tax’
Puppy Songs set about in 2020 as a pandemic " sanity project " for Hobbs , an opportunity for him to practice recording and mingle his own music while he was perplex at home plate . ( If you enjoy a steadfast diet of hot dog videos on TikTok , you ’ve likely heard his other Sung — like " Puppy Walk " or " Stuck on My Teefs . " )
" My wife enounce I ’ve turn her life into a musical , " Hobbs says .
The creative outgrowth usually begin when he get one of his dogs doing something mirthful on photographic camera or when he notices one of their interesting habits . In this case , it ’s them — mostly Mar Pup — appearing on the face of it out of nowhere whenever Hobbs and his married woman involve cheese to cook .
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It ’s a spate most — all?—dog proprietor can show instantly .
" [ There ’s ] this sort , but very serious , puppy who ’s demand a niggling mo of cheese while you ’re prepare , " Hobbs says .
He ’d heard allusions to the " puppy taxation " or " cheese tax , " so he tried to come up with a " walking - around sweetener , " a part of the song with easy - to - remember lyric that does n’t need instruments .
In this case : " The cheese revenue enhancement , the cheese taxation , " uttered in a thick , march - like beat , opens the song . From there , he brainstorm other bits he need to let in , recorded the 34 - second diddy , and filmed additional footage of Tax Collector Mar Pup for the TikTok .
" Mar Pup had a great clock time filming that one , " he add .
( Before I get any emails : Hobbs enounce he made certain to give his pups a safe amount of cheese , whichshould only be given to dogs in small portion . )
The song is original , though Hobbs says its " groove " is loosely inspired by " Master of the House " from Les Miserable . There ’s some elements ofCharlie Kelly ’s musicfromIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiain there as well .
As for Hobbs ’s favorite part , he savor the " when the cheese comes out , this puppy comes look " lyric that accompanies a injection of Mar Pup tend to the kitchen for high mallow .
" It ’s not a need , " he sound out . " It ’s just a very focused curiosity that you get when a pawl isstaring you down . "
Going Viral (Again)
Sir Jack Hobbs has give up on augur when his songs will burst . make " Cheese Tax " was chiefly a passion project and not something he was hear to make famous . ( He did have some foresight , however . An extended version of " Cheese revenue enhancement " is now availableon Spotifyand soon on Apple Music . )
Similar to " Stuck on My Teefs"—which also earnedmillions of TikTok viewsand inspiredthousands more toothy cad videos — Hobbs was storm this song went viral after its bill last hebdomad .
TikTokers have mademore than 8,300 other videosusing the " Cheese Tax " audio frequency , showing their pup quickly , mostly courteously begging for Malva sylvestris . Puppy Songs ' original video has nabbed more than 10 million view , but the 2nd waving of posts has realize even more .
All the views and engagement are nice , but Hobbs ’s favorite part of the mental process is seeing other people enjoy his music in their own homes . It ’s a " extra treat " that ’s pretty rare these day .
" Dogs and medicine have a really unparalleled way of making human being come together , especially in a time when that ’s increasingly rare , so that ’s why I be intimate this undertaking — and because it ’s very punch-drunk and fun for me to make , " he say .
