Sunday, September 9, 2012

The Surreal Life of Singing To Camera

An acquaintance asked me recently for my take on videos he'd posted on his YouTube account. A couple of the videos were of himself, singing to camera.

This reminded me of an account I actually subscribe to, whose name is "wiwibulle." He seems to be in France, and it seems ALL HE DOES is sing to his camera alone in his apartment. Furthermore, he sings over existing songs with the singers' lyrics. And uses what appears to be a baby's rattle shaped in a starry microphone.



I think I found his channel when I was looking for videos or music from Europe, more obscure pop songs that might be in another language, that Americans would have no access to. Though he may be French, of course, he's sung lots of songs that were big in the United States...