Thank you so much. I will be a yodeler by midnight
tonight. Hi! Welcome back to What's Trending, I'm Candace Carrizales.
Subscribe for more social media news every day. It's barely been a month since
the Walmart Yodel Kid went viral. In less than a month, 11 year-old Mason Ramsey
has been on The Ellen Show multiple times, played the Grand Ole Opry, played
Coachella, hung out with Justin Bieber, and has most recently signed a deal with
Atlantic Records. Now that's what we call fast fame, and it really does feel like
it's all because of Ellen DeGeneres, although everyone sharing it on the web
probably helped. Since Mason is now famous, I guess it is appropriate that
his first song is called "Famous".
Yes, he has a great singing voice. I like it, but no yodeling? Whose idea was this?
I've tried to yodel multiple times, haven't gotten it quite yet, getting
there, you know? Slowly, but surely.
But I do feel like it is so strange that
they cut yodeling out of the song.
Yodeling is a lost art and he went viral
because his yodeling was so cool and unique and I feel like if anybody were
to bring yodeling back to the young generations it should be Mason,
it could be Mason! Although no yodeling the song is about good old-fashioned
fame. The lyrics say, "don't get me wrong it's pretty cool to be on TV." It is cool
to be on TV. "So all the folks back home can see me." I
bet a grandma would love to see somebody on TV they're a little grandkid and
they're like oh my kids on TV and I'm back home in Kentucky. "And that I'm
living it out all the things I used to dream about." I love that Mason's dreams
have come true and he's putting it in a song. "Proud
cuz there ain't an empty seat in this place." He's been playing sold-out shows.
He's 11. It's cool. And then his lyrics continue with, "But girl ever since I met
you I've got a whole new perspective." Excuse me? We're bringing girls into this?
I thought this was just about being famous, but now he's just this 11-year-
old that fell in love, I guess. He then finishes the hook I believe it's called...
"If I'm gonna be famous for something I want to be famous for loving you." I do
feel like the lyrics to a certain extent are like tongue and cheek though because
he's like yeah I'm famous I was at Coachella like he doesn't say that in
the song but he's like I'm famous now sold-out shows you know and then he's
like also I'm in love so I'm like it kind of feels like, like a little bit
like hey you know? I'm just glad that through this frame this 11-year-old has
found love. It sounds like he does have a lot of
girlfriends though actually. He even set it on The Ellen Show. Cuz you have like
girls going crazy over you right now don't you? Mhm.
Is that like all of a sudden out of nowhere because everybody knows who you
are? Mhm. How's that feel? It feels really
cool but then next thing you know you have one here and one there and next
thing you know they're everywhere. It is interesting to me though that he's
singing all these like incredible, older 50s country songs that really showed off
his like vocal range and his yodeling and his guitar skills, so it was kind of
interesting that his first song that's been released
doesn't showcase the talents he has that kind of got him to where he is now.
All I'm saying is that we miss the yodeling! I think it would be extremely
tight okay if the next song he releases has like the vibe of like one of those
old country songs like the Lovesick Blues that he was singing. Same vibe, it
has a little bit of yodeling, a lot of singing, him playing guitar, maybe we hire
an old guy to play banjo in the back. I'm learning banjo. Maybe I'll be backing it
up, you know? That'd be cool. Mostly all positive comments online. Here are some of
them. Ava said: "Today my professor stopped our final exam halfway through
so that we could eat cookies and listen to the yodel boy." Molly said: "I AM SO
PROUND OF YOU @theMasonRamsey FAMOUS IS SO GOOD OML." And Nathan said: "I mean
this kid is a meme but honestly that boy has talent,
good for him *okay emoji*" I love that the Internet is supporting you know, him.
Like, he's our little brother. We love our little brother,
our little brother Mason. Our little Internet brother Mason and I can't wait
to see what else he's doing and I can't wait to hear more of his music. Have you
listened to the song yet? Let me know in the comments down below and for more
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