What do you get if you mix Tay Zonday, Chris Crocker, Lauren Caitlin Upton, Eepybird, Mark Allen Hicks, Gary Brolsma, Judson Laipply, Liam Kyle Sullivan and dance duo Daft Bodies? The new Weezer video is what.
The video for their new single Pork and Beans includes a whole host of our favourite social media stars and internet memes. According to the stats, the video has already had over 4 million hits (probably more by now) and at just over 3 minutes in length, it manages to shoehorn in 30 memes. Perhaps the most exciting parts for fans of Zonday and the rest of the crew is that the video also includes some new performances
MyTake – Music videos have always drawn on quirky inspiration to get that edge in what is a highly competitive battle for eyeballs. In addition, the cameo appearance is also a mainstay of the music video genre, but bringing in social media stars does add a different dimension. For the first time, a piece of mainstream entertainment is incorporating and referencing people that are famous solely for their appearances on the net. Given, South Park have previously ventured into this territory, but this is more mainstream and thus is reliant on the fact that mainstream eyes will find it appealing – don’t be surprised if you see any of the above mentioned social media stars on the next episode of “how I met your Mother”.
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- My name is Alan Parker and I’m a 30 year old father of 1.75 children from the UK. I was born in a town called Sutton Coldfield and spent most of my youth devising ways to escape from suburbia. The opportunity to escape came in the form of a University degree which took me as far south as Guildford. At 21 I headed to London to work in PR for the next four years. While in London I spent too much money, ate bad food and drank warm beer. The highlight was that I managed to charm a rather sweet Swedish girl called Malin, who is now my partner and the mother of my child(ren). After our stint in London, we packed-up and moved to Sydney, where we had our fist child, Freja. We spent three and a half wonderful years in Australia and got to see and experience things they don't sell in your average package holiday catalogue. But, the lure of home was too much and we headed back to the UK at the end of 2008 and I am now I am working for a multinational PR company on all things Digital PR. As I hurtle past my 30 birthday, the most inspiring people in my life are still my parents along with Malin, my bis sis Al and her husband Seb and of course, my little daughter Freja.
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