As for the others in the video, they were either uncommitted or downright hostile.
Facebook user Kevin Freshwater spent a Sunday afternoon running around Liverpool, England with a smartphone camera and an unplugged microphone. With deceiving speed and zero regard for personal boundaries, he approached strangers in public and encouraged them to sing all sorts of popular music, from Queen to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song.
Freshwater would suddenly appear inches from a stranger's face, shout "FINISH THE LYRICS" in an unconvincing game show host style voice and sing the first line or two from the song, stopping to let the person finish.
People in Liverpool were WILD.
At the 2:15 mark of the video, Freshwater approaches a woman in the metro station. She was more receptive than most and accepted the call-and-response with a shy vibrato.
An impressed Freshwater egged her on.
Two lines later she was full on belting the song, "Shallow," popularized by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the 2018 A Star is Born remake. Who knew the Liverpool metro station had such acoustics?
Listen to that echo.
When Freshwater posted the video to Facebook and Instagram it gained quite a bit of traction.
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When the video was reposted on Twitter, it really began to make the rounds.
@AMENARTPOP ASK HER TO RELEASE THE ALBUM!β Syndication Studios (@Syndication Studios) 1582067192.0
@AMENARTPOP @ericmorley09 https://t.co/oD0wyxRo9xβ JC (@JC) 1582054040.0
@AMENARTPOP https://t.co/nLMOqJWbzYβ Goonies Goodies (@Goonies Goodies) 1582057479.0
When some internet sleuths found Charlotte Awbery's Instagram, people were quick to check out what else she's been up to.
She now has 70k followers and over 17k likes on her most recent post, which became a forum for heaping praise after the subway "Shallow" performance.
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One other singer, at the 0:43 mark in Kevin Freshwater's video also garnered a good amount of positive buzz, though not quite to the degree as Ms. Awbery.
He's a singer in his own right as well, with an Instagram full of his performances, one even on Britain's Got Talent.
It goes to show that you never know what kind of talent is walking around you on the sidewalk or in the subway.
Civil rights attorney Joel Wertheimer was minding his own business on the 4 train Sunday night after what he described as "a really tough week" when a shirtless man with a speaker entered his train blaring the Backstreet Boys' classic 1999 hit "I Want It That Way."
Wertheimer managed to catch a bit of the singalong that followed, as his fellow New Yorkers decided to belt it out together in a joyous, cathartic release.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Wertheimer revealed that part of his week had involved attending the funeral of Layleen Cubilette Polanco, a trans inmate at Rikers Island who was found dead in her cell earlier this month. So his mood was understandably subdued.
The mass karaoke session on the train worked to bolster his spirits and soon after he posted the video online, it quickly spread garnering nearly 1.4 million views.
Wertheimer, who once worked as an associate staff secretary for former President Barack Obama, was thrilled by the response, saying:
"I'm just happy it gave so many other people the joy it gave me."
He also used the video's popularity to try to raise some much-needed money for the less fortunate in New York.
The viral post soon caught the attention of the Backstreet Boys themselves, with their official Twitter account tweeting that they "live for moments like this."
We live for moments like this ππ€ https://t.co/30ghKwteA5β Backstreet Boys (@Backstreet Boys) 1560819356
Backstreet Boys member also Nick Carter chimed in with his reaction.
Amazing!! https://t.co/yzasob54ILβ Nick Carter (@Nick Carter) 1560855103
Needless to say, people all over the world continue to want it that way.
@nickcarter NYC is the best!β Ali Minotti (@Ali Minotti) 1560862924
@nickcarter Music is the universal language and your music brings us together! ππβ€οΈ @backstreetboysβ Laura (@Laura) 1560855878
@Wertwhile Seeing complete strangers, of all different races and backgrounds, bonding together in this fashion putsβ¦ https://t.co/DrYvD5HTLCβ Sergio P (@Sergio P) 1560746532
Even hardened New Yorkers were feeling the love.
@Wertwhile I used to feel public music was really intrusive. A friend told me they loved it, "it's like I'm in a moβ¦ https://t.co/lwsmcEsnTFβ LK1190 (@LK1190) 1560776081
@Wertwhile @BlueSeatBlogs Part of what makes NYC special. Easy to hate it but also easy to love it!β Maibs (@Maibs) 1560735562
@Wertwhile Perfect. Everybody from different places and we all get along. Thatβs how we New Yorkers do. β€οΈβ Maria Hinojosa (@Maria Hinojosa) 1560773021
So thank you, Backstreet Boys, for continuing to unite people from all walks of life with your music.
@backstreetboys -Fellas, Iβve noticed this a for decade now: Your (not so) little pop song consistently brings peoβ¦ https://t.co/2Aqw5TxFAFβ JC- Former World Champion βοΈ (@JC- Former World Champion βοΈ) 1560953261
If you want it that way, The Essential Backstreet Boys is available here.
It may sound like baby babble but as far as the dad is concerned, his inquisitive son is commenting on what unexpected turns the season finale of their mystery show might take.
People swooned over father and son reviewing their entertainment program from the couch.
The adorable exchange might have incited a baby boom.
@_11Remember_ Ohhhh my overies πππ... yes I'm a guy, but that's besides the point... Oohhhhh my overies πππβ LSJ (@LSJ) 1559744649
@MarileKleinhans @Victorthemodel @_11Remember_ I just wanna make a baby... don't you?β LSJ (@LSJ) 1559758935
The star of the show is baby Kingston of Clarksville, TN, whose parents are Deztin and Shanieke Pryor.
Shanieke originally posted the clip to her Facebook page where it racked up around 46 million views. Even a ripped version on Twitter posted by Devin Johnson received over three million likes.
At one point, baby Kingston really gets into the program and starts pointing at the screen.
"That's what I was wondering! I don't know what they're gonna do next season," exclaimed daddy Deztin.
The son nods in agreement to acknowledge they're both on the same page.
Then, a perplexed Kingston raises his arms in defeat, and dad responds:
"Right, that's why I'm saying! Don't bring that in, you know what I'm saying? Go somewhere else with that."
This is a full blown convo between passionate dudes.
Another user humorously drew a comparison to chatty significant others:
Just because baby talk sounds like gibberish doesn't mean they don't have anything to say.
@MelaninMotiv8er They got something to say,you just the only one willing to listenπ€£ππ€£ππ https://t.co/qDHUmAEkpYβ Hoodie Obtainment Svc Coordinator (@Hoodie Obtainment Svc Coordinator) 1559743048
@Shes_deathProof @MelaninMotiv8er When I was a foster care case worker, I always had conversations with my kids noβ¦ https://t.co/gPC5KsBZuVβ Megan Jetter (@Megan Jetter) 1559745083
@Shes_deathProof @MelaninMotiv8er @sonshine1411 As a new dad myself at first I didn't understand her but after a yeβ¦ https://t.co/6qOm18imwcβ πΏππΎππππ»ππππ―πππΏ (@πΏππΎππππ»ππππ―πππΏ) 1559759740
Props were given to the willing participant for being a great parent.
@_11Remember_ The dad, #DeztinPryor, needs to get credit for keeping the conversation going by responding with perfβ¦ https://t.co/RiWDpqOSs1β CdnCrone ππ· (@CdnCrone ππ·) 1559753014
@Stvnnesss @Shes_deathProof @sonshine1411 I Try to tell my coworkers the more u talk to them the more they will staβ¦ https://t.co/PfMncQFe26β Nanasia (@Nanasia) 1559760801
People can't get enough of the adorable video that warrants repeated viewings.
@_11Remember_ Literally my face while scrolling Twitter and finding this gem https://t.co/Y983mYJQQ5β Ida Skibenes (@Ida Skibenes) 1559757253
@ida_skibenes @_11Remember_ Iβve watched this 6 times and my eyes are crying Iβm smiling so hardβ meowzers (@meowzers) 1559760374
@_11Remember_ OMG! This is adorable and just made me tear up! HAPPY EARLY FATHER'S DAY! AMAZING! π§‘π§‘π§‘β Sunflower Soul (@Sunflower Soul) 1559747779
Towards the end of the video, Deztin agrees with his son's blabbering thoughts on the program's conclusion.
"Really? I thought the same thing. We think a lot alike, huh?"
Just another day at home with the Pryor's. And we're loving it!
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One of the most iconic moments in Disney's Aladdin and its various iterations (including the Broadway production and the remake) is the song "A Whole New World," sung by Aladdin and Jasmine as they soar over the world on their magic carpet.
The song starts off with Aladdin singing "I can show you the world," and little Madison Jade says that Jasmine is perfectly capable of doing that herself, thanks very much.
