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Vancouver IslandersBԪַ Garfield song goes viral on TikTok

15-second video amasses 1.8M on TikTok
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Riley Ingham (Rylis) and the cat that helped him and his friends go viral. (Colton Davis photo)

A goofy video concocted by a group of Cowichan Valley TikTokkers has the internet BԪַ or at least 1.8 million other TikTok users BԪַ in stitches.

Duncan videographer Colton Davis, who manages artists Riley Ingham (Rylis), Mackenzie Robinson (Kashaga) and Csaba Farkas, said a clip of Ingham singing a spur of the moment song to an orange tabby cat has gone viral.

WhereBԪַs your lasagna?

Robinson recalled how it all went down.

BԪַOn Wednesday, June 22, Riley, Csaba, Colton and I were filming scenes for a music video in Duncan,BԪַ Robinson said. BԪַThe song for the music video is called, BԪַDonBԪַt WorryBԪַ. We want to keep a comedic thread in our visuals behind our music so we had dressed up in BԪַ90s-inspired jump suits. After wrapping up shooting for the day we made our way into town to get dinner.BԪַ

ThatBԪַs when the magic happened. On the way out to their cars, Ingham asked Robinson to BԪַrecord quicklyBԪַ as they passed DavisBԪַs brotherBԪַs orange cat.

BԪַI pulled out my phone and captured Riley singing BԪַGarfield, whereBԪַs your lasagnaBԪַ, a song he had made up on the spot,BԪַ Robinson said.

The 15-second result didnBԪַt make waves immediately.

Instead of making an effort to plan the perfect caption and hashtags, around 9:30 p.m. that night, Mackenzie just popped the video on TikTok raw, with no edits and no hashtags. The caption simply read: BԪַWhereBԪַs your lasagna?BԪַ

An hour later when the group was out for dinner, the clip had zero views. Sarcastically, Robinson told his friends BԪַthis oneBԪַs going to blow upBԪַ.

It turned out he was right.

BԪַThe next morning I woke up to a text from Colton that said BԪַKash, congrats on hitting a bit of the algorithmBԪַ,BԪַ he said. BԪַI was confused and checked my TikTok to see that the video had 17k views at around 8 a.m. After that we watched the video skyrocket, bringing in a little over a million views a day.BԪַ

The four creators are excited to see where the newfound attention leads them.

BԪַWe are going to keep posting good content to keep the ball rolling and take advantage of this exposure to highlight all of our creative outlets,BԪַ Robinson said. BԪַWeBԪַre excited for our future in the world of social media and in the music industry.BԪַ



Sarah Simpson

About the Author: Sarah Simpson

I started my time with Black Press Media as an intern, before joining the Citizen in the summer of 2004.
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