- ♪ (rapping in gibberish) ♪
- I have no idea what's going on right now.
- (Tongo) ♪ Yoooooo ♪ - Aaah!
Why are you in space?
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
♪ (System of a Down, "Chop Suey") ♪
- What?
- Off to a great start.
- This is already brilliant from the get-go.
- (chuckling) I've seen him.
Oh, this is good.
- Oh, my god.
- (chuckling) That's the Guitar Hero controller.
- I especially love the Guitar Hero controller.
- Is he playing System of a Down?
- ♪ (singing in gibberish) ♪ - Yes!
- (giggling) That's hilarious!
- ♪ (singing in gibberish) ♪
- What language is this?
- ♪ (singing in gibberish) ♪
- Is he speaking English or Spanish?
- Is he just saying what he thinks it sounds like?
- (chuckling) What is this, yo?
- (cracking up)
- This guy would be so cool in karaoke.
- This is real?
- (laughing)
- (Tonga) Yoooooo! - Aaah!
Why are you in space?
- This is why you don't do drugs.
- So the light comes from within him.
- (laughing) Hey, props to the editor.
- His editing is phenomenal.
- Oh, my god! It's the remix.
♪ (Latin remix) ♪
- The trees are on fire.
- (chuckling) He set the palm trees on fire too.
- I could be a backup dancer here.
- (Tongo) Yoooooo! - (chiming in) Yoooooo!
- This is so cool. - This is wonderful.
(cow bell clanging)
- [Bleep] yeah.
- What is that?
- That was pretty stellar.
It's low budget, but it's low budget on purpose.
- ♪ (singing in gibberish) ♪
- Oh, my god, Rap God!
- I feel like his effects got a little bit higher quality.
- ♪ (singing in gibberish) ♪ - "Rapbot. Rapbot."
- (chuckling) It kind of reminds me of PSY from Gangnam Style now.
- (cracking up)
- I have no idea what's going on right now.
- His closet is very varied.
- He got all of these costumes from one Party City.
- ♪ (singing in gibberish) ♪ - This is inspiring.
- ♪ (rapping rapidly) ♪
- His rapping isn't actually that bad either.
- He's all of us in this part.
Like, we don't know what we're saying.
- It's just gibberish.
- He's pretty good.
- Dang, he raps faster than Eminem.
- (chuckling)
- What?
- ♪ (Latin remix) ♪
- Hey!
- I love the remixes.
Those are my favorite parts.
- ♪ Slapbox, slapbox ♪
♪ Rapbot, rapboot ♪
(chuckling)
- He's killin' it, yo.
♪ (song winding down) ♪
- I think he's a real rap god.
- (Tongo) Nooooooooo!
- Yas!
- This is what an exorcism looks like.
- That was so good.
- He's talented. He's creative.
- This is amazing.
It just goes to show you can make whatever you want
with as little budget as you want if you just have
a little bit of time and dedication,
and he really accomplished something great here.
- (FBE) So those are all music videos by the Peruvian artist Tongo.
- Tongo?
Does Tongo stand for "legend" because that's what he is.
- (FBE) What'd you think of his videos?
- I am so proud to be Latin right now.
I loved his videos.
They were the best.
- He is probably making them as a joke, I'm assuming.
- What a wonderland.
What a journey we were just brought on.
That was great.
- Very unique.
Never seen anything like that before.
It's like he just discovered green screen
and wants to use it everywhere.
- The only other time I've felt this
is when I went to Robot Restaurant in Tokyo,
and it's just senses overloading for two hours straight.
- It looks like we were kind of witnessing his evolution
because the first one was really super shoddy effects and stuff,
whereas the last one was definitely a higher quality camera,
there were more cuts.
- I love anyone who commits.
That's a person who sits at his computer
and really cares and is like, "We need a shot of my hand.
We need a shot of the eagle."
And that's his art.
- (FBE) So, obviously, Tongo's covers are in very broken English,
but they've been getting huge views online
and a lot of them are going viral.
So as someone who makes their career online,
what do you think is working for Tongo?
- His stuff is unique.
I haven't seen anything like that on YouTube,
and I spend most of my time on YouTube.
- He makes it look effortless.
He makes it look like he just doesn't give a shit
about anything that he's making, which, honestly, I feel like
makes people more attracted to the content.
- Sometimes, it's just magic.
It really is something that's like, "Wow, I don't know what this is.
I can't explain it."
- And you watch it, and you are instantly compelled
to share it.
- I think he's doing it on purpose
and that's what's really working for him
because it's just so hilarious.
You're like, "What is this guy saying?"
- The effects are on point, and just the fact
that he doesn't care, and he's like,
"I'ma be myself and I'm just gonna be crazy, act wild."
- The juxtaposition of him being an older man
being shameless, being shirtless, being just him,
unapologetically him, I can relate to that.
- The most popular song on YouTube right now,
just as a whole in the world-- I don't know what Billboard says--
is Despacito.
I'm sure there are plenty of people who have never spoken
a word of Spanish in their life and they try to sing along,
and I'm sure it'd end up being exactly the same as Tongo.
He's very self aware of the production value of it
and I think that shines through, and we can all have a laugh together.
- (FBE) So Tongo has been making music
since all the way back in the '80s. - What?
- Oh, wow. That's amazing.
- Huh, so he knows what he's doing.
- Wow, he has a 40 year long career making music?
That's incredible. - Good for you, Tongo.
I'm very impressed.
- (FBE) So what do you think about the way
that a singer who has been around so long
is able to have a second wind in his late 50s due to YouTube?
- Yeah, well, I don't know, that's the beauty of YouTube
is that everybody can see it and then anything can go viral.
- That's amazing, go YouTube, go Tongo, go 50s.
The fact that he's in his 50s and has an audience,
it makes it even cooler.
- There's not a limit or capacity to be a content creator.
There are kids, there are older people.
I think it's cool to just express yourself,
and YouTube's an amazing platform for that.
- I love it. - That's great.
- He's clearly enjoying himself making them,
so I think that's contagious.
- I think I was just concerned about if we were laughing
with him or laughing at him, and it sounds like
we're laughing with him, and so it's wonderful.
- (FBE) So finally, Tongo is starting to have
success with these videos.
As a YouTuber yourself, what would be your advice
for him moving forward?
- Tongo, whatever you're doing, keep it up.
I've never seen anything like that and I live my life on YouTube.
- Keep doing this format.
Don't get too highly produced.
What it looked like on his last one, that seemed about just right.
- Maybe a little lipstick.
I don't know, maybe a little lash.
Maybe some highlighter.
If you need a makeup artist, (whispering) call me.
- Find a way to put a spin on it,
or else it's gonna get very stale very quickly.
It's good. It's good.
But switch it up.
Find a way to evolve into something else
and just keep blowing us away with this amazing stuff.
- Tongo, if you're watching this, keep killing it, man.
I don't know what the [bleep] you're saying
in your videos at all, but it doesn't matter
because I'm still gonna love you and I'm still gonna support you.
- Thank you guys for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
- Be sure to subscribe to everyone that was on this episode.
Their links are in the description.
- Bye!
- (both) Bye!
- Hey, guys, Ethan here from FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
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