Internet Meme of the Week: “Take U to Da Movies” by Bangs
By Sydney Ayers
Published on Monday, February 8, 2010
With almost two million views on his first video, Sudan-born, Australia-based Bangs is just beginning his rise to Internet fame.According to the 19-year-old artist’s official web site, Bangs8.com, “[Bangs] writes about life, love and hope and his music grows with him till the end of life.” A YouTube search for “Take U to Da Movies” — the most popular track off his first professional album “Hard to be Up” — yields a music video replete with cheesy backgrounds, plenty of bling, awesome visual effects, an oddly high voice and tons of Bangs. With lyrics like “Let me pay the money so we can get in/ Now hold my hand and take a step to the door/ Don’t fall,” Bangs is going to be big. And to anyone who doubts Bangs’ musical prowess, I would argue that you got too lost in his angelic voice to admire his wholesome lyrics and all-around gangster attitude.