aug 1
2007
Tay Zonday
YouTube is about to invent its first music star. His name is Tay Zonday, he's 25, he's smart, and he's from Minneapolis. "Internet Dream" and "Chocolate Rain" will be huge.
7 comments
His rendition of <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ISGiP1nyBoo" target="_blank">Edelweiss</a> had me in tears. A stocking cap and Aloha shirt.. magic. I'm so moving back.
posted by rico at 2007-08-01 01:23:32 
You can thank 4chan for this meme.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> I'm a fan of this <a href="http://files2.e60s.net/choc_rain_annon_remix.mp3" target="_blank">remix</a>.
posted by colin at 2007-08-01 12:47:55
Taylor and Jim will be interviewing him on <A HREF="http://www.flakmag.com/podcast/radio.html">Flak Radio</A> in a week.
posted by Scooter at 2007-08-02 09:14:02
do you know tay vonday's real name - or is that his real name?
posted by george at 2007-08-03 17:03:04
Real name.
posted by Rex at 2007-08-03 17:34:12
Looks like Adam Bahner is his real name.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Check out the URL of "Adam's Youtube channel" on <a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/arras004/critcontrib/2007/04/" target="_blank">this page</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> That would make Tay a grad student of American Studies at U of M. A guess: this experience becomes a big part of his thesis on race relations.<br /><br />
posted by colin at 2007-08-04 22:22:29
Whoa... that's interesting. He says in interviews that Tay is his real name.
posted by Rex at 2007-08-04 23:50:24
