YOUTUBERS REACT TO TONGO (PARODY MUSIC VIDEOS)

- ♪ (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!

- (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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