--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:55:29.348Z 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=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Singing IHOP Syrup Bottles Are the Latest and Greatest Viral Sensation  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 16, 2018 5:32 PM UTC  Plate of pancakes with syrup Plate of pancakes with syrupMatthew Roharik/Getty Images  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) ```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":"2026-04-13T07:55:29.348Z","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"}}]}] ```