LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee’s celebration after clinching the National League Championship Series had its own soundtrack: a short, booming rap refrain that closer Trevor Megill was happily singing around the clubhouse. The Brewers have made Foenem’s “Milwaukee Brewers” into an unofficial October anthem, and now the club will carry it into its first World Series appearance in 44 years.
Key takeaways
- Milwaukee reached the World Series by sweeping the Dodgers in the NLCS.
- The Brewers won a franchise-best 103 regular-season games, the most in the Majors.
- Foenem posted the song to TikTok on Oct. 4, where it has drawn 522,100 views and 56,800 likes.
- The tune became a regular clubhouse selection during the NL Division Series against San Diego.
- Game 1 of the World Series is scheduled for Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. ET.
A song that found the clubhouse
Foenem’s track lasts one minute and 39 seconds, but it does not need much time to make its point. Over a hip-hop beat and pitched-up vocals, the song repeatedly calls out the Milwaukee Brewers and celebrates baseball, home runs and the noise around American Family Field.
The rapper expanded the release with a video filmed outside the Brewers’ ballpark six days after the TikTok post. That video has surpassed 66,000 YouTube views. Foenem had already built a local catalog with songs centered on the Milwaukee Central Library, Milwaukee County Zoo and Green Bay Packers.
Megill was among the loudest converts during Thursday night’s champagne-and-beer celebration. “I love that song,” the closer said after singing its central hook. His final verdict on how the song landed with the team was simple: “The algorithm took us somewhere good.”
Left-hander DL Hall said the tune has become impossible to escape inside the club’s routine. “It is definitely stuck in some guys’ heads,” Hall said. “We probably hear it eight to 10 times a day.”
Robert Gasser said he searched for it on Apple Music, then had the hook lodged in his own head. The left-hander kept his focus well enough to work five innings in NLCS Game 3, but said the song has become part of the soundtrack on team bus rides.
Misiorowski and Yelich get their verses
The lyrics name only two Brewers: Jacob Misiorowski, the National League Cy Young front-runner, and team captain Christian Yelich. Misiorowski, whose own musical tastes lean toward country and rock, learned he had been included only after messages began arriving from people who had heard the song.
“My name is in there, and he says ‘Milwaukee Brewers’ a whole bunch of times,” Misiorowski said. “That opening clip is basically what they keep playing around the clubhouse.”
Sal Frelick said the song’s rise has been a recent development, dating back roughly a week. He also denied being the teammate heard singing along earlier in the postseason.
Still, the evidence has been there in postgame interview audio, with players occasionally chiming in from the background. For a Brewers club that has rolled from a 103-win summer through a Dodgers sweep, the song has become part of the room’s personality. Milwaukee and its fans will hope its confident message holds up through the Fall Classic.
