The Road To But how did we get here? In August 2020, TikTok user Emily Jacobsen (@e_jaccs) posted a short song, “Ode to Remy” — a quick soundbite of her musical praise for Ratatouille’s rodent hero . Then, Daniel J. Mertzlufft (@danieljmertzlufft) posted an ensemble version of the song, envisioned as an end-of-Act-II showstopper à la the finale of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Over the next few months, heaps of videos buoyed the Ratatouille: The Musical meme. Additional songs came from TikTok users like RJ Christian (@rjthecomposer) as well as theater performers, such as Dear Evan Hansen’s The Prom star