Specifically, what is the appropriate context for it to be used in? The latest episode of 'Don't Let This Flop' reveals all
In specific circles (i.e., theater kids), there is perhaps no celebrity couple more vaunted than Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones. The two met when they were cast in the original Broadway production of Hamilton, with Ramos playing the role of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton and Cephas Jones playing Peggy Schuyler, the sister of Alexander Hamilton’s wife. They quickly became Broadway royalty and the stuff of theater kid fan fic dreams, a status that was solidified by the video of their romantic engagement going viral in 2018. And as both of their stars have risen — Ramos starred as Usnavi in In the Heights earlier this year, and Cephas Jones is the star of the critically acclaimed series Blindstopping — it seemed the couple was unstoppable. Last week, however, a TikTok video posted by the celebrity gossip account @dearjane1 claimed that Ramos had been spotted at a strip club canoodling with a woman who wasn’t Cephas Jones. The account also posted receipts in the form of surveillance video appearing to show Ramos and the woman. Shortly thereafter, news broke that Cephas Jones and Ramos had broken their engagement, and TikTok was not pleased, with Hamilton stans taking to the platform to post their angry reaction videos:
On this week’s episode of Don’t Let This Flop, cohosts Brittany Spanos and EJ Dickson discuss the latest high-profile celebrity breakup in their segment What Are Straight People Doing?, as well as TikTok’s obsession with Hamilton and how NYU Tisch kids get over heartache (spoiler: obnoxiously). They also discuss Spotify Unwrapped (a.k.a. the worst day of the year on the internet), a Megan Thee Stallion mashup with Adele’s “Water on the Bridge,” and the roots of Bing-Bong, the meme taking over everyone’s For You pages. The sound, which is based on the tone of subway doors opening, originates from an absolutely unhinged video from the YouTube channel SideTalk featuring a cast of Coney Island denizens, including a guy who’s weirdly horny for Joe Biden (or “byron,” as he calls him), a man holding Courvoisier and two puppies who invites Ariana Grande to ride the Cyclone, and a shirtless man promoting his Instagram who claims to have “seven female wives.”
Since SideTalk posted its original video, the meme has taken on a life of its own, with Lil Nas X recently making a TikTok with celebrities like Olivia Rodrigo and Jack Harlow using the audio. Some creators have also shone a light on the harsher reality of many of the video’s stars’ lives, which are harsher than they appear: TikToker Zoe McCreary, for instance, has started a GoFundMe to raise money for TJ, a.k.a. the guy who says “Byron,” whom she says is currently unhoused. The GoFundMe has raised more than $30,000 as of press time, and TJ has made his own TikTok thanking his fans for the donations.
DLTF is released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher and more. Bing bong. Screens x December 22, 2021The meme began as an unscripted part of a New York-based street show but has since become a key catchphrase of TikTok and the New York Knicks. (Illustration by Leigh Desorcy, Montserrat College of Art)The viral New York meme that has taken TikTok and the sports industry by storm only continues to rise in popularity. You’ve probably heard the words “bing” and “bong” before as onomatopoeia or as in “pass the bong.” Now, the phrase “bing bong” has gone viral as part of another TikTok trend and has taken up residency in various internet jokes. It all began with Sidetalk, the brainchild of NYU students Jack Byrne and Trent Simonian, who began posting one-minute man-on-the-street videos in September 2019. Since then, “New York’s one-minute street show” has amassed 1.2 million followers on Instagram and 3.4 million followers on TikTok. New York has always been one of the best places to find hilarious candid interviews — if you’ve ever enjoyed Billy Eichner’s “Billy on the Street,” you’ll enjoy the bite-sized bits of Big Apple personality Sidetalk offers. It’s some of the biggest personalities packaged in a small time commitment, which makes it perfect for satisfying scrolling. In Episode 81, the epicenter of the meme, NY-rapper GORILLA NEMS, the self-proclaimed “Coney Island Mayor,” interviews residents. Though only 54 seconds, the video has a lot to unpack. One man wears a single ski on the pavement, going “cross-Coney-skiing.” NEMS asks the man, “What do you want to tell Joe Byron,” referring to Joe Biden, “right now?” The man responds smoothly in a deep, gravelly voice, “Wassup, baby? Take me out to dinner.” A man on the boardwalk wears only a pair of Speedo bottoms with his phone tucked in, to which the interviewer exclaims, “He got his phone in his balls, Steve Jobs did not die for this!” Another man in a hard hat holds a bottle of liquor and says, “I was feeling thirsty, so my momma gave me a gallon of Henny to quench that, you heard?” Later, the man with the hard hat holds a dog under each arm and tells the camera, “Yo, Ariana Grande, wassup mama! Come to Coney Island, come take a spin on the cyclone, I miss you.” And of course, a man in a car yells into the microphone, “F— ya life! Bing bong!” “Hardhat,” whom one Redditor dubbed “the Captain America of the Sidetalk Cinematic Universe,” ends the video succinctly, summing up the “bing bong” lifestyle. Dogs still in hand, he says, “If you see these dogs in your front yard, just know upstairs I’m going hard. Bing bong!” Coney Island Ski Club - Sidetalk Simply put, the video is comedy gold and becomes more charming the more you watch it. YouTube commenter NatFlaps writes, “Every line in this video feels like a cultural touchstone.” The video and its many quotable moments have spread like wildfire in typical meme fashion. And speaking of fashion, there are over 600 Etsy listings for “bing bong” inspired shirts. You can gift or rep your own Unisex Bing Bong Ugly Christmas Sweater this December. You could also send your money to the man who’s become known as “Joe Byron.” His real name is TJ, and according to the GoFundMe created by Zoë McCreary, he’s experiencing homelessness. So far, more than 2,000 people have donated. One donor wrote, “Bing Bong and Byron audios makes me happy, so I hope life treats him better.” The phrase “bing bong” has come to mean, well, literally anything people want it to mean. All memes are flexible and subject to adaptation, but “bing bong” has an especially versatile use. Its popular origin has been attributed to everything from a character in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated feature film “Inside Out,” to NEMS - BING BONG [Official Video] song by the same name, to the sound the New York City subway doors make before closing. No matter where it came from, people are finding new and creative ways to apply the phrase.Twitter user @meritforsadness riffs off the lyrics to Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar We’re Going Down,” writing, “I’m just a notch in your bed post but you’re just a bing in a bong.” Meanwhile, @brinixolew prefers a more classic interpretation of the phrase, saying, “it’s always ‘BING BONG’ and never ‘sup baby take me out to dinnah.’” Despite its versatility, bing bong will always hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers and has become a rallying cry for the New York Knicks fanbase. About a month after the first Sidetalk video, another clip shows Knicks fans celebrating their win against the Boston Celtics in double overtime on Oct. 21. Amid the crowd losing its collective mind, fan Jordan Bloom calls out, “Bing bong!” Twitter users commemorated the win that put bing bong on the sports world’s map with a Disney spoof. The New York Daily News used it in a headline celebrating the Knicks’ victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Oct. 26, and players from the team got in on it, too. Evan Fournier tweeted, “Great TEAM win tonight !! Bing Bong!” Now, all kinds of sports accounts are using bing bong to connote victory. Bing bong even made its political debut in recent New York mayoral elections. The election results showed some unexpected write-in candidates, including Atlanta Hawks player Trae Young and bing bong. These two write-ins stand diametrically opposed, especially as the Knicks prepare for a heated showdown against the Hawks at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 25. Bryan Kalbrosky wrote about the attempted bing bong coup on Twitter, saying, “Bing Bong didn’t quite beat out Eric Adams but it was a valiant effort in the name of democracy.” Lil Nas X, who is known for enjoying a good meme, joined in at the Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch, where he got fellow entertainers Avril Lavigne, Normani, Olivia Rodrigo, Tinashe, Jack Harlow, Anitta and Chloe Bailey to say lines from the original Sidetalk TikTok video.
Now, bing bong has officially conquered fashion, sports, politics and entertainment. While the joke is sure to fizzle out sooner rather than later — with meme life cycles growing ever quicker these days — there will always be more wacky content to enjoy through these street shows. Sidetalk showcases the richness of humanity and our comfortingly endless capacity to find joy in the ridiculous. |
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