Next YouTube Star: Tay Zonday and Chocolate Rain

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Opie and Anthony today were playing the most interesting song by this guy Tay Zonday, who is slowly becoming a hit on YouTube. Tay has this amazing, deep voice (and he’s just 25), and he sings this original song called Chocolate Rain:

Amazing. It seems silly at first, then you see the talent he has and listen to the words, and, I don’t know, I just have to listen to it. The song is released under a Creative Commons license, and you can download the MP3 from this link.
Tay’s got 15 videos in total, some covers and some original. I especially liked his “Never Gonna Give You Up“:

He’s such a hit, people are parodying him. Here’s a parody of Chocolate Rain:

And:

And a remix:

I can’t exactly explain why, but I can’t get it out of my head.

Original post by Nathan Weinberg