Alternative rock band OK Go recently spent three weeks creating a series of perspective optical illusions for their new music video, “The Writing’s On The Wall.” Everything you see in the one-take, “eye-boggling” music video is a trick of the eye. The song is off OK Go’s new album Hungry Ghosts, which is scheduled to release October 14th.
[OKGo] [H/T:RollingStone]
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Brian Williams Raps ‘Baby Got Back’ By Sir Mix-A-Lot
Monday night’s episode of The Tonight Show featured this mash-up video of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams rapping Sir Mix-a-Lot’s classic “Baby Got Back.” Williams’ latest rap also includes cameos from Kathie Lee Gifford, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.
Previously: Brian Williams Raps ‘Gin And Juice’ By Snoop Dogg
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Texas Police Officers Lip Sync Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ In Their Patrol Car
Police officers Aerial Ronell and Ranell Roy of the Rosenberg Police Department in Rosenberg, Texas recently took a moment to create a video of themselves lip syncing Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” inside their patrol car. Ronell says they made the video “to show people that we’re just people, just like everybody else.” The duo’s “Hip Hop Cops” lip-sync video instantly went viral Thursday after it was shared on the Rosenberg Police Department’s Facebook page.
[RosenbergPolice] [Click2Houston] [H/T:Gawker]
‘Do You Want To Go To Chipotle?’, A ‘Frozen’ Parody From Spotted Otter Productions
Eric Vitale, Sarah Prizzi and Danielle Marchese of Spotted Otter Productions recently created “Do You Want To Go To Chipotle?”, a parody of “Do You Want To Build A Snowman?” from the popular Disney animated film, Frozen. The hilarious parody features a girl on a mission to find someone to accompany her to Chipotle before it’s too late.
[SpottedOtter] [H/T:EliteDaily]
Singer Anna Clendening Stuns ‘America’s Got Talent’ With Tearful Rendition Of ‘Hallelujah’
For the past six years 20-year-old singer Anna Clendening from Chapel Hill, North Carolina has suffered from severe anxiety and depression. She recently gained enough courage to audition for America’s Got Talent, and stunned the show with a moving rendition of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen. Her performance received a standing ovation from the audience and a hug from judge Howie Mandel.
[America’sGotTalent]