Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #883 - Top Global You Tube video for 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #883 - Top Global You Tube video for 2017

Hi Mom,

This item caught my attention.

Just a share today because, after all, what more can I say about this?

As of this moment, the video is well on its way to 184 million views: 183, 799, 627. Well, now plus, mine = 183,799, 628.

The world is a strange place: complex, fun, and weird. There's more things going on than I can possibly devote time to investigating.

But this, I felt was worthy of sharing.

from BOING BOING -

https://boingboing.net/2017/12/07/a-mysterious-thai-singer-perfo.html

 / RUSTY BLAZENHOFF / 6:00 AM THU DEC 7, 2017

With nearly 183 million views since June, this Thai music video is the top globally trending video of 2017, according to YouTube. It's called "Until we become dust" and it's performed by a singer in a full silver and white costume whose head is elaborately masked in oyster shells and pearls.

The mysteriously-garbed musician is competing in a strange Thai TV singing show called "The Mask Singer."

Here are the show's rules:

The contestants are broken up into four groups, each group containing 8 masked celebrities. Each episode consists of two pairs of battling contestants, up until the final for each group, where the contestants perform a duet before battling it out.

The winner reveals their identity in the last episode of each season...

The contestants are prompted to sing a song of their choice and design a unique costume with a team of designers. Each costume covers the entirety of the contestant's body...

The identity of each contestant is kept confidential. When they arrive at the studio, staff members bring them cloaks to conceal their identity. Before filming the show, each contestant has to sign a contract ensuring they keep their identity a secret. During rehearsals, their voices are modified. The staff members who are authorized to know contestants' identity such as makeup artists, costume designers, the director, and studio staff, have signed contracts to keep it confidential. When editing the footage and audio, they lock the doors to stop anyone from looking through.

Later, according to CNBC, the masked celebrity was revealed to be singer Pandavaram Prasarnmitr of the Thai rock band, Cocktail.

Here's one of their music videos where you can see what he looks like without oyster shells on his face:

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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1712.05 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.