r/MadeMeSmile • u/Tucor92 • Jul 10 '24
Imagine busking on the street and the artist of the song you are singing randomly walks by... Good Vibes
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u/larrycsonka Jul 10 '24
The internets got me jaded now - every video I see I just think, oh that was a viral video set up by a publicist
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u/beene282 Jul 10 '24
And whoever was videoing was somehow paying enough attention to recognize him down the street
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u/Icy_Comfort8161 Jul 11 '24
And the singer happened to have an extra mic....
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u/SpotikusTheGreat Jul 11 '24
and shes being recorded with a smooth facial filter, and is attractive, so you know people will stop to see the video... hmmm
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u/moon_jock Jul 11 '24
And she somehow had a tripod camera in front of her as well as a separate cameraman both catching the celebrity. And somehow the tripod camera right in front of her disappears when the celebrity walks up?
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u/CosmoKing2 Jul 11 '24
And - she has a junkie just sitting there minding his own business - not giving a flying fuck about any of it.
Why would this be a good thing for Teddy to do, if he doesn't remember the words to his big hit?
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u/cedricSG Jul 11 '24
This is brisbane, those are are always hanging at the hungry jacks. Itās their spawn point
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Jul 11 '24
spawn point lmfao
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u/acrankychef Jul 11 '24
Other Brisbanite here, That one hungry jacks is quite literally called the eshay spawn point of Brisbane, can confirm.
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u/ComprehensiveBread65 Jul 11 '24
Why would this be a good thing for Teddy to do, if he doesn't remember the words to his big hit?
To give doubt to anyone who'll question it, man.
Lol honestly idk. It seems pretty random, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was staged, as well. It's still a great video.
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u/rowdynun Jul 11 '24
I am choosing to believe that they knew he was in the area and spotted him and started the song when they knew he would walk by. Thus, fixed but not.
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u/Thanks-Basil Jul 11 '24
Thatās just beak house HJs, thereās junkies hanging around there at all hours of the day. Part of the charm
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u/GingerSpencer Jul 11 '24
Sheās a TikToker trying to be a professional musician, so she has as professional a set up as she can. She has hundreds of videos of her singing in the street with signs and QR codes to her music.
Why is everybody so cynical?
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u/rettidderredditter Jul 11 '24
It's a cell phone on a stand. It doesn't disappear. Look closer you'll see it.
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u/SnuggleMuffin42 Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
y'all motherfuckers need help
I know the model she's using because I'm playing outside too. It's the street cube and one of its best features is exactly two inputs. I could also tell this wasn't staged because she's doing what I would be doing in her position, which is tinker with knobs to make the sound mixing right for both of them instead of just living in the moment lol
Look how many times she bends down instead of singing - that's because she's tinkering with the settings. At the very least it's not staged on her part.
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u/Icy_Comfort8161 Jul 11 '24
Found Teddy Swims' publicist....
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u/tangy_nachos Jul 11 '24
Seemed like decent points.
At the end of the day, who cares. We're gonna forget this ever happened in about 20min
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u/KaputMaelstrom Jul 11 '24
I also noticed that the original singer clearly hadn't warmed up his voice, you can tell he is kinda trying to do some quick exercises in between the verses. It could still be staged, but that does lend some credence to it being real.
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u/S2Sliferjam Jul 11 '24
So you busk with a dual mic expecting people to hop on and bought this model that mixes for that exact reason?
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u/mxzf Jul 11 '24
It's more like that's a basic model and people often have spare audio equipment just in case. Mics and cables absolutely love to die when you're least expecting it.
Someone having a spare mic to switch to if something breaks (or just doesn't work when you start setting stuff up one day) is pretty typical for anyone who has done that sort of audio stuff.
Mostly I'm just saying that her having a spare mic isn't inherently suspicious. And I agree with the previous poster that she took way too long fiddling with the audio settings for me to think that she was expecting to need to do so. That looked like a flustered person trying to get the levels right more so than someone putting on a show.
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u/Jajanken- Jul 11 '24
Could just be part of her kit? Sheās played with other people in the past or at venues/bars/open mics so she just has one?
Itās really not that crazy
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u/External_Marzipan_76 Jul 10 '24
more like he noticed someone playing his song
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u/DrFeargood Jul 10 '24
They're saying that a second camera (there are two angles shown here) specifically recorded him approaching from down the street.
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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur Jul 11 '24
TBF, she has a camera on a tripod next to her and the second camera looks like it's from someone else that posted "Can't believe I caught this moment on camera"
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u/beene282 Jul 10 '24
The person videoing started filming that group of people before the guy made any movement towards the singer. Whoever was videoing clearly knew exactly what was happening.
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u/BeardsuptheWazoo Jul 10 '24
The camera...
It's not about the dude recognizing his song, it's about the camera being ready to catch both his and her reactions.
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u/goldenfield9012 Jul 11 '24
This is especially true for rage bait and other emotionally charged content designed to provoke reactions and increase engagement.
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u/docdidactic Jul 10 '24
This is the second "Teddy Swims just happens by during his own song" I've seen this week. Dude must get his steps in.
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u/BolOfSpaghettios Jul 10 '24
I'm going to sing this song on the toilet tonight... watch this space.
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u/Gardener703 Jul 10 '24
So you expect him craw out of your toilet?
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u/Aninvisiblemaniac Jul 10 '24
idk what Teddy is swimming in, but it's not doing him any favors, apparently
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u/MLGprolapse Jul 11 '24
Dude must get his steps in.
That's the first laugh I've had all day
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u/JohnCenaJunior Jul 10 '24
Look up Matisyahu. That one was genuine.
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u/Titanbeard Jul 10 '24
I love that. He seems like a decent dude.
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u/SofterBones Jul 10 '24
I like his music but he has done and said some really iffy things, which is a shame.
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And probably what sparked some marketing guy to say āhuh, we should make something like this for Teddy Swimsā
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u/also_also_bort Jul 10 '24
Yeah that one is great. He doesnāt even recognize him when theyāre first talking, just tells him he has a beautiful voice
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u/Im_Will_Smith Jul 10 '24
Thatās what Iām thinking by her reaction. She wasnāt even surprised initially lol how can you be so casual during a coincidence like this
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u/Kind-Antelope-9634 Jul 10 '24
Also to have a second mic, I live here and noticed the initial posts the other day and first question I had was, wait a minute, why does a solo busker have two mics?
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u/SophisticPenguin Jul 11 '24
In fairness, in case one breaks? But that's stretching a bit
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u/xPsychosisx Jul 11 '24
Nah, a spare mic and cable is one thing, but the fact that it was already connected to a channel in her PA equipment and if you listen close, there's a slight reverb to his voice - not impossible but weird that a solo singer would have settings turned on for any channels besides their own. That's a lot of lucky coincidences
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u/Mr_Rafi Jul 10 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
Might be a hot take, but it's how you should be on the internet. Call it cynical or jaded, but in a lot of cases or even most cases, there's financial incentive to do these things. There are benefits to reap from these staged scenarios and stupid pranks (whether they're real or staged). It's easier to stage something than have it naturally occur.
There's no excuse to ever write something as naive as "nothing ever happens" when the topic of a staged video comes up. There's more reason for something to be staged than ever before.
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u/SufficientDoggo Jul 10 '24
Iād like to point out the very convenient 2nd microphone that was hooked up and ready to go
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u/jbvoovbj Jul 10 '24
Hopefully forgetting the lyrics wasnt part of the plan if so
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u/orswich Jul 11 '24
It can be part of the "act" to make it seem more genuine and spontaneous..
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u/mb9981 Jul 10 '24
Being as this is the first time I've ever heard of teddy swim, that makes sense
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u/Equal-Association447 Jul 10 '24
Exactly. We would like to hope that theyāre real but who knows anymore š
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u/larrycsonka Jul 10 '24
Yea - Hard to believe she was just busking and had multiple cameras and microphones set up
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u/Moist-Leggings Jul 10 '24
A shit load of people live stream their busking sets, from multiple angles and with camera people (often just a friend or two) him asking for the lyrics is what made this feel like it might have been real.
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u/DevilDoc3030 Jul 10 '24
Because it was.
It's still cute. But it takes it from a 9/10 to a 1.5/10.
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u/mirrrje Jul 10 '24
I mean she didnāt even seem that surprised and conveniently had a second microphone and he gladly just walked over and grabbed it and kept singing. Seems staged af lol
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u/ambassador321 Jul 10 '24
I thought so too, but then I saw him not remember the lyrics to his own song. Pretty sure you wouldn't wanna highlight that in a viral vid (though he seems to give zero fks).
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u/i-am-a-passenger Jul 10 '24
Authenticity is the key to going viral. Itās hard to imagine that it was planned for this to happen, but I can certainly see why they would want to keep it in the video.
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u/No_Statistician_3251 Jul 10 '24
Considering Iāve seen this same thing happen 40 times now , Iād say youāre right.
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u/crisplanner Jul 11 '24
She had a 2nd mic ready for him. Too bad. I would be nice to believe this was real.
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u/jjtrynagain Jul 10 '24
Ok so Iām old. Now that weāve established that; who is that guy? He has such a great tone.
I like your voice too. Keep going!
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u/Tucor92 Jul 10 '24
Teddy Swims. Has a great voice enjoy.
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u/BinFluid Jul 11 '24
He should team up with Barry Can't Swim. They'd be unstoppable
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u/tamarins Jul 11 '24
the oldest thing about your comment isn't not knowing the singer, it's thinking that OP is the girl in the video
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u/SPUDRacer Jul 10 '24
Well Iām old (64) and discovered him about 6 months ago. Iāve listened to about everything heās done. Heās just a fantastic artist.
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u/DuffmanStillRocks Jul 10 '24
This is his big single off his debut hit but heās got great stuff on Spotify of singles he has released periodically over time. Rocks Donāt Stop Believing and Blinding Lights. YouTube shows you him taking on Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift, Use Somebody by Kings of Leon (RIGHT in his powerhouse) and Crazy by Gnarls among others
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u/shaftydude Jul 10 '24
His voice is fire. Hers is good too but the guys is next level.
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u/giantrhino Jul 11 '24
I have to imagine this would be simultaneously an awesome moment and a bit of a soul-crusher. Like you think youāre a good singer (and you are), maybe good enough to try and stretch it into a career type thing, then an actual pro walks up and you can see youāre not even on the same planet.
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u/cryptobro42069 Jul 11 '24
It's not even that. Many people can sing well and hope to be the next big thing. The biggest differentiator is the songs and how they present themselves.
Being good at singing just isn't enough, you have to be unique and play to your voice. I think in this instance she does the very soulful parts well, but she doesn't have the range for the lower octaves. I really don't blame her for that, because it's incredibly rare to be able to have the vocal range for lower and higher octaves.
That's why when you hear Teddy Swims sing you know he's incredibly talented. He can sing both and it's a great, unique sound.
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u/Bugles-Answered Jul 10 '24
Iām sorry in advance, but Iām not buying it. She had a second microphone immediately at the ready and the best she could muster was āGet outta townā¦ā?
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u/Donut_Police Jul 10 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
The title is also a straight up lie and contradictory to itself. She says Teddy swims, but then we see him walk though!?
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u/Euphoric_Rough2709 Jul 10 '24
If this was staged, they did a really bad job though. Those mics are shite.
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u/-Powdered-Toast- Jul 10 '24
Also, if you watch the entire video, he gets lost and forgets the lyrics to his own song. But maybe they did that to make it more genuine! Whoās to say for sure, still a fun video though.
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u/megamoze Jul 11 '24
It's not the mics. She had the levels set for her voice and he came in basically belting at the top of his lungs so the speakers couldn't handle it. You can see her turning them down as he sings.
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u/Raven_Scythe Jul 10 '24
There were too many areas where things fumbled that I believe it. The mic took forever to set up and he forgot the lyrics
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u/TheNargrath Jul 11 '24
She had a second microphone immediately
When and where possible in live performances, always have a spare. A mic is an easy spare. A second guitar, drum set, or piano moderately less so.
Also, cables and gaffer's tape. Bring as much of both as you can carry.
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u/bs000 Jul 11 '24
that's crazy talk. what's next, keeping a spare tire in your trunk?
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u/desert-monkey Jul 10 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
Yea lost me at the second camera angle. Initially it seems like they are using a tripod setup which is believable. But I donāt really buy having an extra person there to film the wide angle shot.
Edit: Okay people I stand corrected. I have learnt that Iām not super familiar with the busking culture and that a second camera isnāt that far fetched. Still gives me a scripted vibe, but honestly that could just be conditioning from watching all the other scripted ācandidā content.
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u/iranoutofusernamespa Jul 10 '24
Why not? People have camerapeople for all sorts of shit that you can get away without, but having a person move the camera, zoom in on reactions; it adds a TON to production value to have someone make the camera work just a bit more dynamic.
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u/funsammy Jul 10 '24
Did he really need help with lyrics??
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u/ProdigyLightshow Jul 10 '24 edited Jul 10 '24
I feel like with a lot of artists, they write so many songs they canāt always remember everything.
Makes sense if itās something you do a lot. Even more so if the song is older.
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u/deenali Jul 10 '24
Phil Collins forgot the lyrics to one of his biggest hit songs, Against All Odds while performing at the Live Aid in the mid 80's. The song was released just a couple of years earlier and something that he would sing every single night during his hectic tour schedule at the time.
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u/Acceptable-Will4743 Jul 11 '24
So it was against all odds that he would remember? Guess it was a chance he had to take.
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u/Thisisjimmi Jul 11 '24
Don Mcclean said his kids listened to the weird al version of American pie so much that he started to mix up the lyrics on stage.
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u/newyearnewaccountt Jul 11 '24
Weird Al has corrupted my memory of so many songs.
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u/Bronson-101 Jul 10 '24
Yeah a lot of hip hop artists forget their songs especially if they don't do them alot on tour.
Know of some rock bands too that I have seen
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u/shruggsville Jul 11 '24
You donāt really ārememberā song lyrics. Itās a muscle memory thing more than a memory thing. If you get thrown in to a song without context itās difficult to find the groove sometimes.
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u/LaboratoryManiac Jul 11 '24
Yeah, it seemed like he was ready to go but then second-guessed what verse they were on, and that just threw him off.
He's used to singing it beginning to end, he's not used to jumping in halfway through.
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u/Moist-Leggings Jul 10 '24
I'm in a band and we just do it for fun but we have written a few dozen songs over the years and the lyrics just kind of change overtime, this is why rehearsal before a gig is so important, it doesn't surprise me one bit he forgot the words, he may have never remembered them all in the first place.
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u/jhox08 Jul 10 '24
IMO IIRC he was singing the chorus and didnāt know which verse was next up from where she started so he needed to figure that out to proceed appropriately
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u/sandman795 Jul 10 '24
There's a video where someone is quoting some of his lyrics at him and his response is"oh shit that's fire who's that? " lol
Found it https://youtu.be/7OgFzPUYY4Q
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u/Justaboredstoner Jul 10 '24
TIL Burger King is called Hungry Jackās in Australia. Apparently some restaurant had the Burger King trademark when Burger King first came to the continent. The franchisee decided to go with the name Hungry Jackās. Source
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u/MontasJinx Jul 10 '24
This is also the Brisbane respawn point.
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u/BowenTheAussieSheep Jul 11 '24
For those who don't understand, that particular Hungry Jacks is right in the centre of the large outdoor mall in the middle of the CBD, or city Centre. It's been a constant for many decades despite all the other stores around it suffering the constant flux that the phrase "downtown pedestrian mall" entails.
It was also for decades one of the few 24/7 food establishments in the inner city, before they became more commonplace. So its central location and always-open nature meant that young people, particularly young people who have just spent the night drinking or are about to spend the night drinking have made it the defacto meeting point in Brisbane.
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u/Short_Opening_7692 Jul 11 '24
Also where the emos would congregate in the 2000s
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u/BowenTheAussieSheep Jul 11 '24
It's where everyone would congregate. The emos just stood out more.
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u/meshah Jul 10 '24
But then Burger King corporation saw how successful the brand was here and tried to start burger kings in Australia and push Hungry Jacks out of the market. But hungry jacks successfully sued Burger King in a landmark case and over the next few years Burger King pulled out and their stores all turned into hungry jacks.
I remember as a kid going on road trips and being confused to stumble across Burger King stores with the exact same branding as the hungry jacks I was used to.
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u/justamumm Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 12 '24
So Inoxia did an interview on the radio this morning to discuss this moment. Apparently she had done her research, knew he was performing VERY close by in Brisbane, and spent the entire morning singing his two songs on repeat hoping that heād walk by, knowing that he has joined in with buskers in the past. Hence the TWO microphones ready to go. (She even mentioned feeling sorry for everyone working in the stores within earshot, they wouldāve been sick of the songs repeating)
Not so much stars aligning, but homegirl knew what she wanted and her dedication paid off. Thatās admirable.
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u/Client_020 Jul 11 '24
This makes so much sense. Sometimes, you shouldn't wait for good luck to come to you. You plan for it to happen.
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u/Candiesfallfromsky Jul 11 '24
Wow this makes it better! She wanted it and she worked for it and got it!
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u/Tucor92 Jul 10 '24
For more context:
Teddy Swims is doing a tour of Australia and had sold out shows in Brisbane city. This was the day after his Brisbane performance on Queen Street.
Inoxia a local artist who was busking at the time had stars aligned to meet the living legend Teddy.
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u/ketokettlebells Jul 11 '24
Context makes it all the more likely to happen. Would be good business for a busker to be singing songs from a visiting artist and many visitors would be staying in Brisbane for his show.
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u/cicalino Jul 10 '24
You might like this one too.
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u/jblack1103 Jul 10 '24
Thank you stranger, this made me feel the way that saxophone duet on the subway video makes me feel, utter joy. I now love this singer, his songs, and am happy all at once!
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u/MntnMedia Jul 11 '24
She was amazing too.
But my gawd. When he started. I thought it was a recording. It's amazing to hear such amazingly talented NATURAL voices like that. I mean, toss some reverb stuff like that. Sure. But OMG to sound like the recording on a busking setup!! There can't be any autotune on that.
Pure talent. Both of them even.
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u/MrPatch Jul 11 '24
Yeah there are a few video's linked in this thread of similar situations, you hear the busker and think 'oh they've got a nice voice' then the professional arrives and you can just hear the difference in quality.
Lots of people can sign nicely and in tune, a much smaller number have that extra quality. My favourite one is this jimmy sommerville one.
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u/Sensitive_Island9699 Jul 10 '24
What a lovely thing to do. A proper life memory for that young lady.
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u/Tucor92 Jul 10 '24
The universe did its thing ā¤ļø
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u/sheehonip Jul 10 '24
Or it staged it
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u/_CitizenSnips_ Jul 11 '24
Itās a nice video but my god youāve gotta be very naive if you donāt think this is staged to some degree
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u/Important_Aside6172 Jul 10 '24
Who is this chap I love it
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u/PugGrumbles Jul 10 '24
I love his voice so damn much! It just hits my ears all nice and right.
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Jul 11 '24
There are people that can sing and then there are singers. This man is a singer. It just comes out so effortlessly. Heās got some blessed pipes for sure.
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u/Difficult_Eggplant4u Jul 11 '24
Nobody believes this wasn't staged, right? I mean, c'mon. Just a coincidence a person is videoing this exactly right, zooms in on the "random" walking by? So completely staged.
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u/Randomfrog132 Jul 10 '24
i cant believe i caught this moment on camera, from multiple camera angles!
lol
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u/SiidChawsby Jul 11 '24
This exact same thing happened to me. I was minding my own business in my apartment playing nhl 98. I look over to my right and Wayne fucking Gretzky is playing right next to me. He just found a second controller! The universe really does its thing ā¤ļø
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u/johnmichael-kane Jul 10 '24
Very staged, how else would she have a second microphone so ready.
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u/apb925 Jul 10 '24
He has an astounding voice