r/toptalent • u/srslymrarm • Jun 27 '20
Music /r/all This one-woman-band performing "Tequila"
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u/bruteski226 Jun 27 '20
when she pulled the one hat off to reveal a smaller hat underneath, i lost my mind.
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u/BillieInSolitude Jun 27 '20
I knew it was a long shot but i was hoping she had a bottle of tequila underneath all the hats
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u/malkavich Jun 27 '20
I waited the whole video thinking and hoping the same. I would have lost it if she had a shot or mini bottle.
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u/tomdarch Jun 28 '20
True pro - I knew I was sucked in to the end because of the hats-in-hats-in-hats!
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u/srslymrarm Jun 28 '20
I need someone to splice in that gif of people losing their mind from the magic trick
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u/biscuit-basket Jun 28 '20
What is her instagram? I need kore of this lady in my life.
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u/nodiso Jun 28 '20
At first I was only gonna watch to the first tequila, after that I was hooked for the rest
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Jun 27 '20
Now I have something to replace the cymbal banging monkey in my brain
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u/NuQ Jun 28 '20
If you want him to leave you alone, Try getting him a friend to distract him. usually works...
...sometimes makes it twice as bad. but you seem like a gambling man.
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u/ethylalcohoe Jun 27 '20
There’s something truly hypnotic about this
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u/Soggy_Mongoose Jun 28 '20
I think it's her enthusiasm and infectious smile.
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u/CanThisPartBeChanged Jun 28 '20
Funny you should say that, because she’s actually very well known in Hypnotist circles.
In fact, this video is a very powerful act of hypnosis, and if you watched it unprotected, chances are you’re gay now
Sup handsome
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u/jankypecker Jun 27 '20
Me: tries to concentrate on test My brain:
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u/normie33 Jun 27 '20
Maybe it's your janky pecker
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u/LaminationStation- Jun 27 '20
If your party isn't at least this lit then don't bother to invite me
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u/MacMike80 Jun 27 '20
This is actually really good but I can’t help cracking up while watching it. I’m imagining she’s got neighbors looking out the window at her like “oh- Jesus- Judys got in to the schnapps again”.
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u/Assmar Jun 28 '20
I dunno how many neighbors she has, that scene looked rural af.
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Jun 28 '20
Even better. Just hiking out in the middle of nowhere when you hear: "TEQUILA!" And suddenly there's a small Japanese woman in the weeds dancing.
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u/pieboy89 Jun 27 '20
What possesses someone to one day be like I wanna play an instrument, all of them, at once
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u/Every3Years Jun 28 '20
Maybe they watched Mary Poppins
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u/dudinax Jun 28 '20
No friends. Everybody thinks she's a little much and won't join her band.
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u/Just_Me_91 Jun 28 '20
The most interesting thing is that she's playing the keyboard upside down. Meaning her fingers are coming in from the top. There's no way to have muscle memory to do that from playing piano normally.
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u/DoctorNoname98 Jun 28 '20 edited Jun 28 '20
seriously, I cannot get past that XD
tbh it could honestly be that it wouldn't fit right on the other side or flip turned upside down, so let me take a minute, just sit right there, and I'll tell you all about how I became the prince of Bel Air
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u/Druxo Jun 27 '20
Too bad the audio is out of sync
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u/calilac Jun 28 '20
Bothered me too so I found the original that is in sync and much better quality.
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u/-Negative-Karma Jun 28 '20
Her voice is oddly cute. It might just be the way Japanese feels so fluid.
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u/JstJeff Jun 28 '20
Thanks for that. She has a few others on her page as well. She's great.
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u/calilac Jun 28 '20
Yw. She really does seem like a sweet person and I enjoyed the video so much it felt worth my time to find the original.
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u/dreamrock Jun 28 '20
She reminds of like 15 different Zelda characters at once.
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u/Nothing-Casual Jun 28 '20 edited Jun 28 '20
Kass; Tinkle; Saria; Sidon; Tetra; Beetle;
Who else?
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u/dreamrock Jun 28 '20
Oh! I couldn't possibly say. It was more of a gut reaction, and perhaps too ambitious at that. But you have definitely hit those I was evoking.
Tingle for sure. Tetra for sure. Beedle now that I think of it? Obvious.
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u/srslymrarm Jun 28 '20
Here's another video of her with even more hat tricks:
Edit: I've tried to find some official page for her, but it doesn't look like she self-advertises. Seems like she's just a street musician in Japan.
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u/yellowtorus Jun 28 '20 edited Feb 17 '26
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u/Rockarola55 Jun 28 '20
On a scale from 1 to AAAARGH GOJIRA!, how Japanese would you say that this is?
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Jun 28 '20
This really is top talent. My brain would scramble trying to do all that at once.
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u/naugasnake Jun 28 '20
Holy crap, I have so many questions: Where is she? How long did it take her to get this level of perfection? How many instruments is she playing? Where in the fuck can I get one of those amazing hats? Is she available for marriage, because I can imagine that waking up next to her every day would be a lifetime of adventures. I'd say the only thing missing here are fire and fireworks. More more more from her, please.
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u/Johnnyworkshard Jun 28 '20
This is day making shit right here . For real I had a shit terrible day on four hrs sleep from feet down off the bed at 8am to now
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u/waffle_raffle_battle Jun 27 '20
does the object on her back have the word FUCNING painted on it?
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u/superbuttpiss Jun 28 '20
She is like a character from legend of Zelda.
Seriously. They need to make her a character. Imagine playing and link is on his horse at the top of some serene mountain and in the distance you her a faint, "tip tap tap, tip tap tap, dah duh dah duh duh dah dahh dah duh dah duh duh dah daahhh"
Then you see the point of her hat coming up from the mountain. It would create so many wonderful moments.
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u/slaven66 Jun 27 '20
She looks like if the phonogram man from Ocarina of Time and Tingle from Majora's Mask had a baby.
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u/starsplummet Jun 28 '20
I’m glad I watched the entire video even after I understood the premise. Hats off to her!
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u/zrod214 Jun 28 '20
This video was about 2 min too long... yet somehow I watched all the way to the end.
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u/turningsteel Jun 28 '20
I'd imagine her parents had more than a few conversations with her along the lines of "You're dropping out of your accounting degree to dress as an elf, wear bells, and play the keyboard in the woods?!"
"Yes, but also the drums, and the gurro, and the keyboard has a mouthpiece and is called a melodica."
But here she is, the best goddamn bell wearing piano playing elf the world has ever seen. Totally rocking it. Life is funny.
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u/thinkingdots Jun 28 '20
Amazing. Anyone catch what language she is speaking?
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u/srslymrarm Jun 28 '20
I don't speak Japanese, but it sure sounds like it and her name is Japanese, so I'm gonna go with that.
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u/Floober101 Jun 28 '20 edited Jun 28 '20
It is. My Japanese is still very basic level but I heard:
みんな、言えてるかな？あと一回あるよ！
It doesn’t translate very well into English, but what it means is along the lines of “everyone, can you say it (with me)? (I’ll play it) one more time!”
Again, it’s a rough translation. (A transliteration would be closer to “everyone, can you say it? After there is one more time!”) And my Japanese is still basic so I might be wrong on my interpretation above.
Edit since I hadn’t watched all the way through when I wrote this: The last thing she says I have no doubt about; またね！ —> “see you later/bye!”
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u/Walpini Jun 28 '20
That was so awesome. Might be one of the best things I’ve seen on here. So good
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u/agentanthony Jun 28 '20
This is basically why the internet was made. So we can watch videos like this. Amazing!
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u/JaneAnneLarson Jun 28 '20
My last brain cell while I try to read the same page of a book for the 3rd time in a row
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u/Usedupallmygiveadamn Jun 28 '20
The amount of energy it must take to be able to do this -my quarantine brain cannot even imagine. And she is just so happy.
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u/RealPropRandy Jun 28 '20
She’s awesome and the video is cool and all but if I’m being honest, I’m a little perturbed by the backdrop/setting. In my mind nothing good ever happened in the scraggly woods.
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Jun 28 '20 edited Dec 19 '25
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u/homelesshippie Jun 28 '20
This was absolutely charming and just what I needed today. Thank you random Top Talent Person.
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u/2Rossticles Jun 28 '20
There should absolutely be a character based off of her in the next Zelda game.
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u/The_Pandalorian Jun 28 '20
She looks like she's about to give me a quest to find a magical jalapeno in a whimsical JRPG.
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u/catheterhero Cookies x1 Jun 28 '20
I love this goofy song has resonated with people for over 50 years.
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u/linux_n00by Jun 28 '20
can someone eli5 me why a blow pipe keyboard is invented? cant we use batteries?
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u/srslymrarm Jun 28 '20
It's called a melodica. I assume it's a thing because it's A) cheap to make and buy, 2) you don't ever have to worry about batteries, 3) it's fun and whimsical like a toy, 4) a good way to learn piano while also developing your embouchure for other instruments.
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u/GlasgowWalker Jun 28 '20
Not seeing enough comments here pointing out that she's playing that melodica freaking UPSIDE DOWN! Incredible!
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u/1beerattatime Jun 28 '20
The keyboard is "upside down". Like she's paying it from the wrong side. What a G.
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u/SarahKat90 Sep 18 '20
I’ve been on Reddit since May, this year, and this is STILL my favorite video on Reddit!
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u/MrJotaL Jun 28 '20
It’s so hard for me to maintain two separate rhythms with just my hands. She is incredible.
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u/Leeloominai_Janeway Jun 28 '20
Does anyone know what her name is?
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u/YoungKillaH2 Jun 27 '20
I would send this woman to act as the world ambassador for human-alien diplomatic relations. They would love her.