Who Created Rush E? The Story Behind the Viral Piano Meme

The Legend of Rush E: How a Meme Became a Piano Monster

If you have spent any time on YouTube, TikTok, or gaming spaces over the last few years, you have almost certainly heard the chaotic, breakneck notes of “Rush E”. It starts out sounding like a complex, slightly dramatic classical piece before rapidly devolving into an absolute wall of notes that would require a pianist to have about twenty fingers and four hands to play.

So, who unleashed this impossible musical beast onto the internet?

Meet the Creators: Sheet Music Boss

“Rush E” was created by Sheet Music Boss, an Australian YouTube channel and musical duo consisting of composers Andrew Wrangell and Samuel Dickenson.

Based in Brisbane, Australia, Sheet Music Boss launched their channel with a focus on fun, accessible piano tutorials, pop song covers, and video game music. However, they gained a massive cult following for their original novelty compositions—specifically, a series of “Rush” tracks styled after frantic Russian classical music.

The naming convention actually started with “Rush B,” a nod to the popular multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, where players constantly yell “Rush B” to coordinate a team charge. That track heavily featured the musical note “B”.

The Birth of “E”

When it came time to write a follow-up, Wrangell and Dickenson decided to tap straight into internet culture. At the time, the absurd “E” meme—featuring a deep-fried, distorted mashup of YouTuber Markiplier’s face and Lord Farquaad from Shrek—was everywhere.

Capitalizing on the joke, they built a piano piece centered entirely around the musical note E, weaving the meme’s iconic, bass-boosted vocal audio right into the composition.