Post-Walmart core is a sound that the country genre DEFINITELY needs to embrace

24/7 lo-fi yodel radio - yodeling to chill/study/relax/game to

Yodeling boy having a music carreer would be the music universe balancing out the fact that the 'cash me outside' girl is a rapper now.

We found Waldo, guys.

The kid was on the Ellen show. Or as I like to call it "The place where memes go to die".

Memes are so powerful that they literally turn nobodies into somebodies overnight and even take songs to the top of the charts. It’s incredible.

*we've reached peak yodel*

This is similar to Big Shaq - Mans Not Hot imo, Grime artists from the UK had been trying to break into the mainstream/US Market for years then a meme song comes along and becomes the biggest grime song of all time, effectively setting back the genre and making it a bit of a meme

Stop thinking about little boys in walmart

*Yodeling hi hats*

If cash me outside can become a rapper then yodel boi can become a country singer

"I have been thinking about the Walmart Boy" "Total package" Wtf melon

0:47 "People would line up to see a meme" For a moment I thought you were talking about yourself melon

w e a r m e m e l o n b o y

Wish I was back in Texas, The ocean's no place for a squirrel, Wish I was in Texas, Prettiest place in the world, oh no. I guess deep in my heart I'll always be a Texas girl I wanna go hommmme hooommmmmme hommme oh oh yodeelayiiiooohhhhhh yodeelayiiiooohhhhhh yodeelayihhhh eeelayihhhh.... I wanna go homeeee

I’m really glad to hear you address this man. I’m a pretty big fan of Hank Williams Sr. and as much as I love the yodeling boy video it made me a little sad that no one even knew the song he was singing or the artist he was covering. There’s so much great heartfelt music from that period of country musics history that’s been all but lost by the very genre that spawned it.

'A cute little red white and blue total package'

Bring back thatistheplan

*memetic hi hats*

👏👏 Meme Review 👏👏

Is this a meme review?

Walthony Martano here the internet’s busiest yodeling nerd

I’ve had friends laughing at this meme saying the reason it’s funny was he was a horrible singer. He has no idea he was intentionally doing those things with his voice. In his 18 years of existence he’s never heard this style of music.

I BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE YODEL KID

Melon you recorded like three videos with the Waldo shirt and it never occurred to you to change into a different one?

This is the plan: meme reviews Fantano: meme analyzation I'm not mad at it...

A country song in this day and age that isn't about whiskey, tractors, or banging women is a godsend.

I agree on the point about the genre of country losing its identity.

Memetic humor

This is one of those memes that flew under my radar and then all of a sudden the kid was at fucking Coachella

I didn't even know People were finding this boy funny. I actually enjoyed what I heard. The kid can be a real country musician if someone can just show him proper guidance in the music industry.

He's not even bad at yodeling to be honest.

This Yodel Boy meme... it's NOT GOOD. *explosion*

thatwastheplan

I disagree... Everyone knows his debut album is gonna be a trap banger

I like what you said. Perhaps country does need to be explored more, especially the more serious artists. So why not take advantage of this opportunity and review some of the artists that take the genre more seriously. People like Justin Townes Earle, Charlie Crockett, and Pokey LaFarge. I don't know how familiar you are with the genre, and I am sure you don't need my reassurance. But don't let a lack of knowledge deter you from reviewing. Your video on Natalia Lafourcade blew me away and introduced me to a genre of music that was beyond my tastes, but I certainly needed to hear. Keep on killing it Honkthany Tonktano!

Honestly I'm not a country fan but "lost highway" by Hank Williams is one of the best classic American songs and that old school country sound has a weird charm that i appreciate and is lost somewhat in modern country music

He's very talented, but Atlantic Records just picked him up & he's headed straight for autotune generic pop-country land so it seems

Watched that video with a few of my friends, we all thought it was just a good impromptu performance and that's why it's popular. None of us laughed, it was just a kid yodelling which was cool. I think a good portion of it's virality came from that, it's cute, well executed and marketable.

Yodeling Trap will hopefully catch on

Welp, oh well. That new song fits with the current radio rotation, nothing like Hank.

You gave Yodel Boy a 10 but damn. a 7 wtf

Who knew Hank Williams Sr. before the meme?! 😤

Walmart yodel boy had me looking up the original and listening to old country music again. I hope it does see a resurgence again one day but doubt it will. Interesting take on this Anthony!

Yodchella > Beychella

that's meme normification turned up to an extreme... it's time to stop

Love hearing your take on stuff like this

This along with other videos you’ve done recently like the one about Gibson losing business really bring up some interesting conversations that need to happen about the cycle of trends in popular culture and how everything seems so inevitably temporary now. I think over the years the music industry has become such that they are in a perpetual state of trying to create “the next big thing” and so there literally is a brand new style of music coming out every single year and it lasts anywhere from 6 months to 5 years max. Everything just happens faster now because of technology and the inter connectivity that the internet and social media bring. While to a certain degree this is unavoidable in a free market economy and makes for a lot of musical innovation, we as a nation need to celebrate our culture and our history. I think what needs to happen is for the government to promote and give grants to artists who are very talented but play genres which are no longer popular. It’s necessary because even if none of these older genres are ever quite going to have a comeback, people still need to know about them in order to fully understand who we are as a people.

Thatanthy IsthePlano

I think was a special case, as far as a "meme" translating into ticket sales for a concert. Maybe I'm an optimist, but I think more people find him admirable than really funny. I don't think people at Coachella were laughing at him (or even with him). I think the people at Coachella were stoked for this kid because he actually is talented and he is someone that probably deserves some notoriety. This breaks off from the other "meme-people" like Danielle Bregoli (who people actually want to make fun of because they seem like genuinely worthless people). I don't disagree that there is a shock factor and humor to what is happening with this kid, but I feel like it's the most wholesome type of meme-culture event that could happen.

you're my one of my favorite internet personalities Mr. Fantano, your intellectual take on the internet culture keeps me informed and enlightened.. I appreciate your grounded approach, thank you.. forever

Great perspective. I enjoy these types of videos.

The thing to remember is that, while Yodel Boy was on a stage at Coachella, NOBODY bought a ticket specifically to hear Yodel Boy. I'd bet that few people even knew that he'd be there. He was just given the experience, probably without pay, to make an appearance because some people knew it would generate buzz with a melon. Music is changing, and certain elements are dying. Country from the 1970s, blues, and rock are all taking a back seat and fading. This is to be expected, even though I remember a time when they all lifted each other up by the bootstraps to make things happen. Now we have 5 versions of how to "drop the bass," or whatever. It's got no soul, no feeling, and smells of corporate greed. Maybe that's how the mainstream has always been. I stopped looking at the mainstream when that new band Bon Jovi showed up. But if you want to hear a true PRO yodel, then check out Slim Whitman. Dude can also whistle.

Yeah man, I can’t wait to see Big Shaq on Main Stage at Reading Festival this year

I listened to a Radiolab podcast a couple years ago on NPR. They were discussing how a lot of the melodies and progressions found in country music was found in the more folk/country music of a place like Afghanistan. How certain tunes transcend cultures. They segment went on to discuss the large fanbases of some American country artists in, I think, South Africa...the same way K-pop has it's place here. Even with the language barrier the tradition and style of story-telling has it's place. I don't know where I'm going with this... I guess, I feel country music may be at a slump, but it is embedded too firmly into our traditions to ever truly disappear. Maybe evolve, but it has a stronger foundation than something like the blues, even.

Thank you for this Antoine

Hank Williams Sr. is a legend

I can't see why it's funny. I've seen some edits of the video that made it funny, but I still don't get how the original video was funny. Anyways congrats to him for becoming a meme, May he live for more than 2 weeks.

I think the "I like all music except rap and country"mentality is going to hold a lot of people back

I’ve been waiting for this video for a while now, I can continue with my life

I agree that country music has lost touch of its roots, but no genre is as dead and off-track as rock currently is. Seriously, go look at the top purchased rock songs on iTunes. The top two songs are both by *GODSMACK* for fuck's sake, and about 5 or 6 out of the top 20 are classic rock songs like Don't Stop Believing and Rocket Man. lmao

When someone asks me about yodel boy in 2 months I'll be like "wut"

I've been thinking about finding Waldo....and then boom. Kidding love your videos, Fantao.

Me:does voice of damn BOI- DAMN BOY HE THICC BOY THATS A THICC GIRL WHAHA

This is such an interesting issue to me -- and there's not an easy solution. Sometimes I think we need to reclaim the word "country" and champion modern greats like Tyler Childers, Tami Neilson, or Joshua Hedley, and other times I think that it's a lost cause. I wonder if, like you said, it's become too much a "subgenre of pop" to be redeemed, so maybe truly country singers should just rebrand as Americana or something else and call it a day.

Great video Anthony Fantano

Well said, thanks for this video.

Sometimes I feel people can't take anything seriously anymore.. This meme reminded me how enjoyable classic country music can be. I feel we should call him by his name and get him a record deal and continue to embrace authentic talent.

We need that bless yo trap review!

Someone upload the first 10 seconds with no context and some smooth saxophone in the background.

great video man

" I was thinking about that Wal-Mart kid " *you had me worried fantano*

Damn boi he *THICCCCCCCCC*

What he says is that most modern generations don't even know he's singing, Hank Williams.

loved this kid, the video made me very emotional. made me look up old country music

*Manufactured memes* are modern freak show attractions.

why are you thinking about kids im calling the police

we live in a society

Good points throughout. 👌

we need your meme reviews back

Ok but did you really need to bring up him being a white supremacist and you agreeing with his ideals? I thought this was a music channel...

Hi everyone redthony shirtano

Yo how those lines in the upper left side line up is satisfying as fuk

That yodelling kid opened my third eye man, the way his soothing voice echos in Walmart trips me out. I can't wait to where the genre of Walmartcore goes from here.

My generation (a 20 year old) really has a hard time respecting and understanding past generations in there art, morals and all aspects of culture to be honest. If it is not popular now to a good portion of them it seems outdated, irrelevant, and ready for criticism. While everything is able to get criticism, its important to understand and respect its historical importance in how what was once popular evolved overtime to influence whats popular today, instead of outright dismissing it and passing it off as unimportant.

Soo The New Yodel Boy Album... *IT'S NOT GOOD* *BOOM*

Fall out New Vegas has a lot of that old country music. That’s where i learned to love it.

Thank you Anthony, for perfectly articulating my exact thoughts on this meme, and for voicing why I felt sad about it. As a Hank Williams fan I was upset that his music that was so emotional to me was just a joke to people around the world (I'm from the UK) but I guess country is nothing but a joke now with its cheesy formulaic lyrics and chords, hoping for an americana revival soon

Well you sure have been thinking about this little boy a lot melon...

Lovesick Blues is *D A N K*

I think it's all in the instant gratification culture. It has manifested into music.

At @1:03, when you laughed and kinda changed direction, were you about to say "drop $10K on a stupid dollar store hat?"

When I first saw the video I thought the meme might be a chance to revive American roots music. We need a resurgence of folk/Americana but people just wanna ignore the boys musical merit. :/

#fantanoflanelmerchfor2018

It is quite an interesting experience to see a meme performed live, though. I’ve been to a few “meme song” concerts. Yes (Roundabout), Toto (Africa), and Ween (Ocean Man)

Good vid. Can you explain what cash me outside girl says about the state of hip hop?

"Melon here, I love thinking about little boys."

Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood redefined country music. Making it "more pop."

Well put

There’s still a lot of good classic sounding country being made. It’s hard to find but there’s a bunch being made. I’m really enjoying it.