Thai netizens are going crazy over this video taken in a ballroom at the Dusit Thani and posted on the popular Facebook page Chailongkong over the weekend.
Though we aren’t sure where the musicians or singers are from, we do know that none of them are Thai but they are rocking the hell out of Saoyae Jaetiya’s much-loved song “Sao Leoi Yang Ror” (Leoi girl is still waiting).
They aren’t using traditional molam instruments such as phin or kaen, yet, through the ingenious use of guitar pedals, they are imitating the morlum sound well.
That’s not even the most impressive part though.
The video starts out with two hot girls with their backs to the crowd, wearing skimpy dresses and doing some morlum-style hand movements. Things really get crazy when they turn around, the audience sees that they aren’t Thai and they start singing in those nasal morlum tones that Thais thought no foreigner could imitate.
According to the backdrop behind the singers, the video was taken on March 30 at the 18th Annual Bangkok’s Best Restaurants Awards.
The singers, who thank the audience in English and Thai, have accents that sound American.
All we know is, we want to hear more.
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