Mike Song and his mother Laura Song are dance instructors;
Laura teaches line and Mike teaches hip-hop. This mother-son combo put their
talents together and created their own Gangnam Style video and Ellen DeGeneres
happened to see the parody. When Ellen saw it she wanted them to come on the
show, and on the show the two went. Mike and Laura performed on Ellen and the crowd
ate up seeing the mother and son dancing together.
Moral of the story, you can use social media to become
famous; who would have thought? Mike and Laura made a video and it landed them
on national television. Grant it Ellen isn’t Good Morning or America or The
Today Show and Ellen as a slightly smaller audience, but still made it on
national television just by using social media! Now, not every single person
who makes a parody will make it big, but using social media can definitely
increase your chances. Social media can make an impact on anyone’s life. All
you have to do is use it and use it well.
Now go out and practice your dance moves,
Jake
I just watched this video on Youtube the other day with my friends and we laughed so hard. I was very impressed with the mom's skills. It never ceases to amaze me how ordinary people can become famous over night just by posting a a video online. Case and point, Antione Dodson (Hide your kids,hide your wife). He has become an internet sensation because someone put a video of his news interview on Youtube. Can you imagine how "older" celebrities feel? They had to work so much harder to get to where they are at. Social media has made becoming a star possible for so many people, but I some times wish that they still had to do it the "old fashioned" way.
ReplyDeleteThis is a perfect example of what social media can do for an "ordinary" person. I agree with you, Jake, and Katie. It is crazy how people can become famous these days. Take William Hung for example from American Idol. I'm definitely going to be practicing my dance moves this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis hilarious! Last week I posted about Jenna Marbles becoming famous, and these are more great examples! It just cracks me up that all you have to do is doing something hilarious that goes viral. Another example would be Rebecca Black with her "It's Friday" song. Horrible, but the video went viral and now everyone knows her name.
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