Take A Break With This Cat Who Plays Your Favourite Tunes

Want respite from a hectic, stressful world? Here, have some Bongo Cat.

Bongo Cat was originally created by artist Stray Rogue, and wasn’t originally called Bongo Cat or even playing the bongos. Stray Rogue had been drawing a cat-like blob called Rogu for some time. In May, they drew Rogu smacking a counter with their cute paws.

smack smack pic.twitter.com/uDGoLbP4JC

— StrayRogue, brainrotting into the void, tiredly (@StrayRogue) May 6, 2018

Content creator DitzyFlama edited the image to make it look like Rogu was hitting some bongos instead, which they put on YouTube in early September.

Bongo Cat, now a separate entity from Rogu, took off among animators, artists, and people who know their way around video editing software. People have started animating Bongo Cat playing more and more elaborate songs. This cat has played everything from “In The Hall Of The Mountain King” to your favourite JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure opening theme. Here’s a small sampling:

https://twitter.com/a/status/1040636555591790592

Bongo Cat Country#BongoCat pic.twitter.com/cwb89OkBC2

— Lumpy (@LumpyTouch) September 23, 2018

Yeah, sure! I’ll meme!#bowsette #BongoCat #クッパ姫 pic.twitter.com/Iw0pm4zHpc

— ⚡️Krisoyo⚡️ (@Krisoyo) September 23, 2018

when you need to work on your own content but end up making a #Bongocat pic.twitter.com/Mtzn9uU3nd

— cheetah (@chee_taah) September 18, 2018

It’s time to d-d-d-d-bongo cat#BongoCat pic.twitter.com/E9rnbk2MKx

— adri💭 (@TheOpusag) September 20, 2018

I hope this meme isn’t dead yet.#Splatoon2 #Bongocat pic.twitter.com/ikuxLi9B3F

— Jayconian (Inactive, Follow Elsewhere) (@Jayconian) September 22, 2018

https://twitter.com/a/status/1040898283441278976

thanks so much for all the support on the last tweet, you guys are the best, as promised here’s the full video #BongoCat pic.twitter.com/mdu8SObmWh

— moist (@moistdx) September 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/a/status/1041426791921930240

Bongo Cat has even played the greatest song of all time, “Rasputin” by Boney M.

Because the character has become such a runaway success, Stray Rogue has started selling Bongo Cat merch.

25% of all the proceeds go towards Meow Cat Rescue House, an animal shelter in Washington state. Sadly, these t-shirts, mugs and mousepads don’t play your favourite song, but they will help kittens in need.