We talk about the song that made comedian Bo Burnham famous and conquered the expanse of TikTok
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"Jeff Bezos." - that's the name by which the public has come to love the groovy track Bo Bernemawhich will be released in 2021. As it's not hard to guess, the song is addressed to Jeff Bezos - founder Amazon and a billionaire who went to space in July 2021! But what exactly made it a hit among young people, and what does it have to do with "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" of the legendary Swedish band "ABBA."? We propose together to understand this story, but all in order....
Who is Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos - a very wealthy and influential man today, founder of the Amazon and owner of an aerospace company Blue Origin. Jeffrey Preston (real name) was born in 1964 in New Mexico to Jacqueline and Theodore Jorgensen. When the couple divorced, Jeff's mother became engaged to a Cuban immigrant named Miguel "Mike" Bezos Jr.. As a result, the man adopted a 4-year-old boy and gave him his last name.
В 1986-м Bezos graduated with honours from Princeton University, and soon landed a job at the famed Wall Street: basically, the guy was developing networks for international trade. So, one day he came up with the idea of an online bookstore. So in 1995-м Amazon appeared, and years later, Bezos became known as a businessman with fresh ideas that worked. Naturally, Bezos made many millions of dollars from his company. And during the pandemic of 2020, his fortune grew by approx. 24 billion dollars! But why did he inspire Burnham's track? After all, there are enough billionaires in the world...
The idea for the track and the space flight
When Bo wrote that song, Bezos topped the annual list of billionaires Forbes! This made him the richest man in the world, surpassing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and tycoon Warren Buffett. In his song, Burnham sarcastically praises Bezos, noting how much the Cuban immigrant's stepson has surpassed his fellow tycoons:
"Come on, Geoffrey, you can do anything,
Pave the way, push on!
Tell us why, show us how,
Look at where you come from and look at who you are now..."
The song gained a lot of interest after the 20 July 2021. of the year Bezos flew to space! This was nine days after the flight of his fellow tycoon. Richard Branson. Then a barrage of criticism fell on them, saying that billionaires' flights to space are expensive and useless waste of money. Jeff replied that Amazon's employees and customers "it's all paid for.". This statement led to judgement in the community... But as you can imagine, Bezos himself was not at all concerned.
Popularity in TikTok and what it has to do with "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" "ABBY"
There isn't a person who hasn't heard once in their life "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" groups ABBA. It is one of the band's most famous and still popular hits, released in the late 1970s. The song had a music video with 300 million views on YouTube, and it was played on the radio for a long time. Even today you can still hear this song if you tune in to the right retro wave... And now, one enthusiast has decided to combine the hit song of the 70s with the hymn to Jeff Bezos! It turned out to be quite interesting...
As a result, the remix became very popular in the TikTokBoth songs have gained new fans!
One last thing
Bo Burnham is known to the public as a comedian, musician, actor and even director! The guy often writes satirical, rather comical songs, like "Jeff Bezos.". He started his career by uploading videos of himself performing on YouTube. Later he was signed and fame began: singles, films, shows... By the way: a track about Bezos was released as part of the "Bo Burnham: Inside" - special edition for Netflix. Pandemic, Burnham personally recorded and filmed the material at his home in Los Angeles. The tracks mainly explore life locked up, the deterioration of mental health in the background, and the impact of the internet and audience on Bo himself.
