Brisket Song By George Cooper Soft Brisket Warm Brisket
Also known as: Soft Brisket Warm Brisket · Brisket Song · George Cooper Brisket Song
"Brisket Song" by George Cooper, better known by its lyrics "Soft Brisket, Warm Brisket, Little Ball of Herbs," is a TikTok song parody that blew up in June 2024. Created by TikToker @rat.traphouse as a food-themed twist on "Soft Kitty" from *The Big Bang Theory*, performed in character as George Cooper Sr. from *Young Sheldon*, the video racked up millions of views and spawned tens of thousands of user remixes, parodies, and a trolling campaign against TikToker Mama Owl.
Overview
The Brisket Song is a parody of the lullaby "Soft Kitty" from *The Big Bang Theory*, rewritten to be about brisket. The original video features TikToker @rat.traphouse opening with "Did I just make the song of the summer?" before introducing himself as George Cooper, the father of Sheldon Cooper in *Young Sheldon*1. He then clicks through a slideshow displaying the lyrics while singing. The song works as a double reference, pulling from *The Big Bang Theory*'s iconic "Soft Kitty" melody and George Cooper Sr.'s well-known love of Meemaw's brisket in *Young Sheldon*1.
On June 7, 2024, TikToker @rat.traphouse posted the original video1. In it, he sings an original parody of "Soft Kitty" rewritten to celebrate brisket, delivering the performance in character as George Cooper Sr. The video opens with a bold question about making "the song of the summer" before launching into the slideshow-style lyric presentation. Within a month, the video pulled in over 2.5 million views1.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
The Brisket Song typically gets used in a few ways on TikTok:
Slideshow format: Create a photo slideshow (often food-related or completely unrelated) and set it to the original sound, mimicking @rat.traphouse's lyric-card presentation style.
Text conversation format: Send the lyrics line by line in a text conversation, usually in an absurd or inappropriate context (like responding to a breakup text).
Parody versions: Rewrite the lyrics to a different song while keeping the brisket theme, or swap brisket for another food entirely.
Trolling: Spam the lyrics in someone's livestream chat or comments section.
Fun Facts
The original sound was used in over 38,000 TikTok videos within its first month1.
The @rembrj breakup text version actually outperformed the original video in raw view count, hitting 3.2 million views compared to the original's 2.5 million1.
The Mama Owl trolling arc turned a simple song parody into a minor TikTok drama, with users deliberately spamming lyrics in her livestream after she started blocking people over it1.
Derivatives & Variations
Ke$ha "TiK ToK" brisket version
— @sheldonsdadsings rewrote the brisket concept to Ke$ha's "TiK ToK," gaining 385,000+ views[1].
AI Mama Owl edit
— @goig_cool used AI voice cloning to make it sound like TikToker Mama Owl was performing the song, with 190,000+ views[1].
Breakup text format
— @rembrj's version of texting the lyrics as a response to a breakup message became its own popular format with 3.2 million views[1].
Frequently Asked Questions
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