Uploading this for some friends.
A young scotsman recorded himself singing a New Zealand sea shanty. For a drum, he thumps on a wooden box in his lap with a gloved fist. Posts it on TikTok.
Somebody likes the song and takes that, duplicates parts and remixes it to make the sound richer. Reposts it.
Then some guy takes that and sings a bass harmony, which he adds on top. Reposts that.
Others pick up and add other parts, all recorded just on their iPhone mics, with videos of themselves in front, the previous ones receding further back. It starts to look like a funhouse mirror.
I’ve added a minute of each, end to end, so you can hear the increasing complexity. You’ll want to listen with headphones or good speakers if you can to hear the layers building.
At the end I added Hank or Jonathan Green explaining the history of the song they’re singing.