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Radiohead "Weird Fishes" Cover Viral Video refers to a viral TikTok video of a band covering the song "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" by Radiohead in a brightly lit restaurant. The song is sung by a teenage boy while the backing band is comprised of significantly older people. The video drew attention due to the juxtaposition between the unassuming setting and the quality of the performance, which many found very good.

Origin

On October 30th, 2024, TikToker @harrisonsingsalot^[1] posted a video of himself singing Radiohead's "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" in a brightly lit restaurant, backed by a live band. The event is a regular open mic night at Sixes Tavern in Cartersville, Georgia. The video gained over 560,000 views in one day.

Spread

On October 30th, 2024, the same day @harrisonsingsalot posted their TikTok, Twitter / X user @DiabolicalSpuds^[2] reposted the video, captioning it, "Imagine you go out to dinner and there's a goddamn family band playing this in the restaurant until everyone is in tears." The tweet gained over 1,100 retweets and 20,000 likes in one day.

In response, many users commented that the performance was surprisingly good given the unassuming setting. For example, on October 30th, Twitter user @timbutterly^[3] joked, "I would be so into this it would ruin my family's meal," gaining over 100 likes in one day.

That same day, Twitter user @IanFaria13^[4] praised the song in a post, writing, "This cover makes me feel like I'm levitating," gaining 13 likes in one day.

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