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Tunak Tunak Tun (Mid 2000s) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by oatscoop@midwest.social to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world

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Daler Mehndi's 1998 music video, in which the singer performs with 4 "clones" of himself. "Mehndi claims his music was often criticized for only being popular due to the abundance of beautiful, dancing women in his videos The singer responded by creating a video that featured nobody but himself." Apparently he wasn't wrong and the song went on to become the "biggest indi-pop hit at the time".

The video caught the attention of the wider internet around 2006. The catchy song, dated visual effects, and absurdity of the "clones" fueled its spread.

On a less fun note: in 2018 the singer and his brother Shamsar were convicted of human trafficking, accused of "cheating people of large sums of money by falsely promising to take them to America" and "illegally sending people abroad as a part of their dance troupes."

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They remastered the video a few years back

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=viMEhOWcxd0

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did they remaster the human trafficking!? That seems like the bigger story...

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

I can't quite tell what that means from the wiki article-- sounds like he may have been getting people into the US bc they couldn't get visas to go. I have a much different reaction to that than I would if the trafficking involved the other reasons people usually traffick.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I really shouldn't have read that last paragraph, I was enjoying that weird man.

[–] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe in the death of the author. This helps me separate the art and the artist.

Bad people do good things and not everyone can be judged by their worst acts.

I wouldn't pay for any of his art anymore, but I still enjoy the songs I have already without guilt.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Death of the author works best when the author is actually dead. It's easier to accept that H. P. Lovecraft or Phil Spector had some pretty terrible moral failings since you know that you're in no way supporting ongoing bad acts.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

you are also not supporting the author if you pirate their works :)

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, he seemed cool when the only thing I knew about him was that he rejected the trend of using sexy ladies in music videos to sell more music.

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I still blast this at least once a year (especially when I’m on road trips)

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

When everybody picks the same character in super smash bros

[–] SKLC@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Ah the male Draenei dance!

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What is this song actually singing about?

Edit: I answered my own question:

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tunak-tunak-tun-tunak-tunak-tun.html-0

[–] capital@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

This sucks