--- title: Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Take Internet By Storm description: Who needs American Idol? America's latest and greatest singing sensation was just discovered at IHOP. canonical: https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-16T17:32:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:03:08.820Z og:title: Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Are the Latest Viral Sensation og:description: No, now a star is born og:url: https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9279e86100f88e98/69893cba096a94a3f46a3b0f/ihop-syrup-singing.jpg?branch=production&width=464&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 464 og:image:height: 261 og:image:alt: IHOP-Singing-Syrup og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Are the Latest Viral Sensation twitter:description: No, now a star is born twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9279e86100f88e98/69893cba096a94a3f46a3b0f/ihop-syrup-singing.jpg?branch=production&width=464&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Are the Latest and Greatest Viral Sensation > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=cdab58b8-9edb-41be-b557-f660822f6262&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Here's Why IHOP Is Changing Its Name to IHOb (for Now) [Watch (HLS stream): Here's Why IHOP Is Changing Its Name to IHOb (for Now)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/T5xjo0Ik.m3u8) (0:39)  _Published 2018-06-11. IHOP changed its name to IHOb this week as the company aims to advertise for its new selection of burgers._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 16, 2018 5:32 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 16, 2018 5:32 PM UTC Who needs [_American Idol_](http://time.com/5199798/katy-perry-american-idol-contestant-first-kiss/)? America’s new singing sensation was just discovered at [IHOP](http://time.com/5333719/ihob-ihop/). Thanks to [Twitter user Jake Guthrie](https://twitter.com/JakeGuthrie00), singing syrup bottles have become the latest trend to take the Internet by storm. A video posted by Guthrie on Oct. 7 shows IHOP’s signature multicolored syrup bottles being manipulated to hilariously lid-sync the words to Queen’s [“Bohemian Rhapsody.”](http://time.com/5341006/rami-malek-bohemian-rhapsody-trailer/) > [](https://twitter.com/JakeGuthrie00/status/1049111602149113856) “This might be one of the best videos i have ever seen,” one fan wrote in response to the masterpiece, which has been watched over 1.5 million times. > [](https://twitter.com/Baileybowen42/status/1051372074986590208) Since then, a number of similar videos have begun making the online rounds, with diners maneuvering their syrup bottles to perform karaoke hits such as Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” and Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” “Me and Matt are no longer allowed in [**@**IHOP](https://twitter.com/IHOP),” Twitter user [Blake Azevedo](https://twitter.com/B%5FAzevedo24) mused after sharing his version of the viral challenge—a sticky situation indeed. > [](https://twitter.com/B%5FAzevedo24/status/1051197393058717696) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/"},"headline":"Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Are the Latest and Greatest Viral Sensation","datePublished":"2018-10-16T17:32:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T08:03:08.820Z","description":"A star is born","url":"https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","viral","IHOP"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9279e86100f88e98/69893cba096a94a3f46a3b0f/ihop-syrup-singing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9279e86100f88e98/69893cba096a94a3f46a3b0f/ihop-syrup-singing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"IHOP-Singing-Syrup","caption":"Plate of pancakes with syrup","creditText":"Matthew Roharik/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/","name":"Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Are the Latest and Greatest Viral Sensation"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Here's Why IHOP Is Changing Its Name to IHOb (for Now)","description":"IHOP changed its name to IHOb this week as the company aims to advertise for its new selection of burgers.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/T5xjo0Ik/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-06-11T15:14:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/T5xjo0Ik.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/","duration":"PT39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5426146/ihop-syrup-singing/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```