Dr. Creep, a rapper and music producer, released a track called “Pandemic” in 2013, which gained attention in 2020 due to its lyrics. Creep has explained that the song was inspired by news of disease outbreaks, pandemics, and viruses circulating in global discussions at the time, like SARS and swine flu.

”This isn’t past tense or the plague of Athens
Couldn’t be eradicated like smallpox in action
Avian influenza in the jetstream is how it happens
2020 combined with coronavirus, bodies stacking”