“Chocolate Rain” ——Written By Yazhuo Chen (SID:22983961)
Singer: Tay Zonday.
Description: It is a hip-hop music video made
in a studio, and Tay Zonday wrote and produced it by himself. In the video, Tay
Zonday wears a white T-shirt and sings directly into a condenser microphone,
and also there are some scenes that show Tay is playing a Yamaha digital piano. The title “Chocolate Rain” is a euphemism for
racism made by Zonday.
It is a song and music video by Tay Zonday on
Youtube. First, it was first posted on Youtube on April 22nd, 2007,
and then it soon became so popular. This video has been watched online over 88
million times till this month.
Though Tay’s music and voice are not
professional, his music with the deep voice in his heart does attract people. This
music video shows his natural manner. And considering Tay Zonday’s ethnicity
and the title “Chocolate Rain,” people shows more interest into this
connection.
This
music video has been watched online over million times from 2007 till now. And
it is ranked as the hottest video of summer 2007 by CTV. It also won the 2007
Youtube Award in the category “Music.” The caption in the video— “I move away from the mic to
breathe in,” has also become so popular, and many people start to imitate the
music and this caption. Tay Zonday became the pop star in Internet, especially
on Youtube; he sings from the Internet to the real life. Many TV talk shows and
live shows invited him to sing his song in 2007. Besides, this song has created
big commercial effect. Some professional singers bought the copyright from
Zonday, and re-made the music in a professional way.
The link of the original video on Youtube (April
22, 2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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