Brandon Ethridge is a classically trained pianist, music director and composer who has worked on Broadway and touring with a Queen cover band.

During the pandemic, he took up a new hobby, writing what he calls “mini-musicals.” Listening carefully to people’s speech patterns, he sets viral videos, interviews and speeches to music, using rhythm and harmony in a way that makes it sound almost  as though his subjects are singing.

His mini-musicals run the gamut from the political to the profane, satirizing “Karens” and giving new life to old memes. We talk to the TikTok and YouTube creator about the genesis of his mini-musicals and the process he employs.