Cartoon muffins marching with the word DIE faded in the background from the Muffin Song

The Muffin Song

2013viral videoclassic

Published October 9, 2026

TomSka's cheerful cartoon muffin begging to be eaten first appeared in a 2013 asdfmovie short before growing into a full 2018 Schmoyoho music video. The song then exploded on TikTok through dub videos and a Jayden Croes remake that pulled millions of views, turning a death-wish jingle into a recurring TikTok sing-along between 2018 and 2020.

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Overview

The Muffin Song, also known as I Baked You A Pie, builds its comedy on the gap between an upbeat Schmoyoho-produced jingle and lyrics in which an anthropomorphic muffin begs the viewer to kill and eat him1. The visual is a smiling cartoon muffin tap-dancing through verses about pies and his own death wish, which is what gave the song its remix appeal.

On TikTok, the track mostly moved through dub videos where users mimed the muffin's lines with exaggerated expressions, then through ironic duets that reacted to those dubs3. Instagram and YouTube meme accounts picked it up as a soundtrack for compilations, pairing the chirpy chorus with unrelated viral clips to amplify the dissonance between the sound and the subject.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube (asdfmovie) / TikTok (viral spread)
Creator
Thomas "TomSka" Ridgewell
Date
2013

TomSka introduced the talking muffin in asdfmovie 7 on October 25, 2013, where a cartoon muffin cheerfully asked to be eaten2. The character returned in asdfmovie 8 on October 10, 2014 with the line "It's muffin time!" that fans turned into a recurring catchphrase. YouTuber RoomieOfficial released an "It's Muffin Time!" musical remix on November 4, 2014 that racked up tens of millions of views over the next four years.

TomSka then expanded the bit into a full track with Schmoyoho, posting "THE MUFFIN SONG (asdfmovie feat. Schmoyoho)" on May 11, 20184. The video pulled over 61 million views in its first seven months and set the template every later TikTok edit sampled from.

How It Spread

TikTok adopted the song in mid-October 2018 after creator @anne_b_official uploaded a now-deleted dub that YouTuber ThisISclickBAIT reposted on October 273. On October 25, 2018, @stevenmckell dropped his own dub that passed 151,000 likes within two months, and the clip became a go-to source for ironic TikTok duets. Instagram meme accounts like xxmuffintime and spongebill_memes layered the song over footage of rapper 6ix9ine and other viral clips in November 2018.

The format got a second wave when Jayden Croes and his brother Gilmher sang asdfmovie lyrics over the Muffin Song melody in a November 2018 TikTok that Croes deleted after 16 hours of backlash3. On March 12, 2020, Croes posted a remake that pulled 26 million views and 3.8 million likes in five days, with reuploads spreading to YouTube5 and iFunny.

Timeline

2013-10-25

TomSka releases asdfmovie 7, introducing the muffin character who asks to be eaten.

2014-10-10

Asdfmovie 8 debuts the line "It's muffin time!" that becomes the recurring catchphrase.

2014-11-04

RoomieOfficial posts the "It's Muffin Time!" musical remix on YouTube.

2018-05-11

TomSka uploads "THE MUFFIN SONG (asdfmovie feat. Schmoyoho)", the full music video.

2018-10

TikTok creator @anne_b_official posts an early dub, later reuploaded by ThisISclickBAIT.

2018-10-25

TikTok user @stevenmckell posts a dub that surpasses 151,000 likes within two months.

2018-11

Jayden and Gilmher Croes post a Muffin Song sketch, which Jayden deletes after backlash.

2020-03-12

Jayden Croes posts a remake that gains 26 million views and 3.8 million likes in five days.

How to Use This Meme

The common convention is to lip-sync or dub the muffin's lines directly to camera with wide-eyed expressions, often cutting to a reaction duet mid-song. Creators also typically drop the chorus over unrelated viral clips, letting the upbeat delivery clash with whatever is on screen.

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