A 'HAMILTON' SONG IS REVIVED TO DOCUMENT WEIRD PET BEHAVIOR

That One Sound is a weekly column from senior internet culture writer Audra Schroeder that explores the origin of popular sounds heard on TikTok.

This week’s sound is from a musical, which doesn’t happen that often on TikTok. It’s an endearing, sweet song. And of course it’s now being used to document all the weird stuff our pets do.

The sound is of someone singing, “Look at my son. Pride is not the word I’m looking for.”

On Sept. 30, the account thelifeofdougdoug posted a video with the sound, showing a ginger cat getting butt pats and ending up in a handstand.

It’s a line from the song “Dear Theodosia,” from the 2015 musical Hamilton. The song is sung by both Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr., but Miranda’s line is the one being used on TikTok.

Where’s it from?

That sound has been used in more than 5,700 TikToks, and applied largely to the curious and baffling things our pets do.