‘You’ve changed my life’: Why the ‘Cheese Tax’ song is unavoidable

It can strike at any time: You'll be going about your day and "Cheese Tax" starts blaring from the back of your brain, demanding to be fed.

Here's how an Atlanta songwriter who's written hundreds of songs about his dogs penned a sweet, viral ditty that has TikTok obsessed.

The sound

It's been a bit since TikTok's had a viral sound that's also an original song. This one starts off with a formal declaration: "The cheese tax, the cheese tax." That's followed by, "You...