Inspiration is in all places and this week, of us on TikTok have discovered it in a rodent. No, not that rodent. This rodent, Punxsutawney Phil — the groundhog who pops his head out each winter to foretell whether or not spring will come eventually.

Phil has had the identical gig for greater than 100 years, although groundhogs usually solely reside for about six. To maintain the magic alive, the parents over on the Punxsutawney Groundhog Membership declare to feed the little man an “elixir of life” to maintain him going. Nonetheless, the Membership doesn’t lengthen the identical courtesy to Phil’s spouse, Phyllis.

So how do the pressures of everlasting life have an effect on Phil and Phyllis’s relationship dynamic? That is the query TikTok consumer @olivesongs11 explores in an authentic tune from Phil’s perspective.

The tune finds Phil grappling together with his immortality, telling his spouse, “You may have the celebrity, Phyllis. I would quit all the celebrity. You may have the overbearing stares, the noisy crowds, the holy shadow, and the disgrace.” However, he warns her, movie star is extra a curse than a blessing. “Do not fake you need this. Do not be so naive,” he sings, “Nothing’s speculated to reside without end, Phyllis. The burrows be made will ultimately fade and I will be left to sing the identical outdated tune.”

Posted on Feb. 3, the video has been considered greater than 4 million instances and duetted dozens of instances by TikTok customers including Phyllis’ perspective, the plot of their fictional marital strife thickening with every addition.

As many a commenter has identified, the duets are harking back to The Final 5 Years, a two-person musical concerning the highs and lows of the connection between a struggling actress and profitable author whose fame drives a wedge between them. Sound acquainted?

In 2021, a community-produced musical adaptation of the Pixar film Ratatouille raised greater than $1 million for charity after its crowd-sourced materials gained traction throughout the platform in 2020. No phrase but on whether or not Phil and Phyllis will get the identical therapy, however you possibly can get pleasure from a number of the greatest takes on the thought beneath.

The Phyllis views

Add some drums…

Plus a mayor and his urchin youngster

And, lastly, select a Playbill