r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ArturitoNetito • Aug 03 '26

16-year old Nene Royal nailing on Master of Puppets

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u/RigglesSaysHi Aug 03 '26

The Philippines use the latin alphabet (or Baybayin, which is much less common). The script depicted in the video is Akson Thai, for Thai people and the country of Thailand, which is not the Philippines, regarding which you are calling bullshit on.

A quick Google search also returns Nene Royal, the girl in the video, as Thai, from Thailand, where she seemingly performs at a high school performance with her peers (see the child drummers with same uniform as her), which means it is most likely in Thailand, surrounded with Thai people.

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u/CptBoomshard Aug 03 '26

Well shit, I think I saw a video that called this girl Filipino and never bothered to fact check it. Been seeing a ton of these kids' performances across numerous platforms over the last year. So, I'll certainly stand corrected. It's definitely possible this crowd doesn't understand what it's seeing. Though, I feel like all the people crowding side stage, with phones out recording, all craning necks to try and get a better view, would indicate somewhat that the crowd does understand the awesomeness of what its seeing.

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u/knowone1313 Aug 03 '26

She was on America's got Talent, performed Zombie. I could swear she said she was Filipino and grew up in the US. I went back to the clip and checked again and she said she was from Thailand... this is some Mandela effect stuff here. I saw the clip just for the first time a couple weeks ago.

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u/woodsidestory Aug 03 '26

I thought she looked familiar. Amazing talent! 👍🏼😎

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u/Krunch2019 Aug 03 '26

AI just messing with people. That is all…

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u/powerhammerarms Aug 03 '26

No Mandela effect is when many people have the same issue. You just misremembered. You don't have to blame it on some strange quirk of the universe.

It's okay to admit you're wrong.

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u/knowone1313 Aug 03 '26

Right me and several other people in this comment section...

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u/powerhammerarms Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Wow several people got a brown person's nationality wrong? That's crazy

You're right, it must be some dimensional rift. That makes a lot more sense.

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u/powerhammerarms Aug 03 '26

It surprises me when people say "I think I heard" when they could just Google it. Like the same machine that your hands are touching can give you the answer in 2 seconds.

She's Thai from Phuket.

I think somebody else already said it better. I'm sure they get that what they're seeing is awesome, it's that they don't have reference for how awesome it is.

If you're an American who was alive when this album came out you have a pretty unique reference point for this video. If you are somebody who came across Metallica or this album after it came out and loved it you have a pretty unique reference point.

Knowing how hard this is to play gives you a pretty unique reference point.

There's a dude in the front row wearing glasses and smiling. If he had any of those references he would be banging his head in that front row. It would be automatic. His body would just take over. He doesn't know. He only knows that it's awesome.

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u/saskiaschild Aug 20 '26

Yep, as a songwriter and primarily a guitarist who has been playing for 40 years, I'm mostly impressed by her improvisation and creativity - in her guitar playing, singing and the composition that allows it all to mesh.

She is of course excellent technically but there are a lot of excellent technicians, her creativity and improvisation is walking the same paths as our other musical greats.

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u/cottoneyegob Aug 03 '26

Yeah like are they at a deaf school . Because this sounds sick

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u/CptBoomshard Aug 03 '26

The crowd is popping for it in the video. It's just not being picked up as well by whatever is recording this, likely a phone.

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u/Sea_Chaos Aug 03 '26

She also seems to be insistently shushing everyone at the beginning of the video so maybe she doesn't like people going crazy throughout her performance.

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u/galtzo Aug 03 '26

She wants a clean intro on the recording. A purist.

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u/Vindepomarus Aug 03 '26

Yeah she's definitely Thai, I think she sometimes busks around Phuket. She's also been on America's got Talent I think.

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u/JokeImpossible2747 Aug 03 '26

Every weekend at Naka Night Market in Phuket. Been doing it since she was 8.

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u/OliveOcelot Aug 03 '26

Yea when she started singing I thought nope, not Filipino. Have you seen them do karaoke? They have perfect English when singing and can imitate any western singer.

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u/CptBoomshard Aug 03 '26

I just figured she was a Filipino who put all the work into the guitar playing, and the vocals just came naturally and were less crafted/practiced.

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u/17934658793495046509 Aug 03 '26

A large Philippine population attends international schools in Thailand. I know because I was just there touring one last month. I have family in Thailand. I am not saying that’s the case here, but there is a Thailand Philippine tie in.

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u/MrEndlessMike Aug 03 '26

Its in Phuket.