The internet wouldn't stop Lattu Mutya baba from becoming a trend but his parody videos definitely have a 'fanbase'. Here's what we know about the trend so far!
People have come to embrace all kinds of viral content on social media, no matter how freaky and weird it may seem! It's almost like it's strange to question why the trend is viral instead of giving in and indulging in it. Most of us do that now, and the Lattu Mutya trend stands as an example. We don't know how we ended up at the receiving end of this song but we have been enjoying every parody video made on it so far. If you haven't been affected by this trend, we envy you. For those who have, let's try to make sense of this trend for our sanity and yours!
What is the Lattu Mutya trend?
It's something that became a trend after a random video of a ‘baba’ went viral online. Considering society’s obsession with self-proclaimed babas, it doesn’t come as a surprise that there's one more person people blindly follow, no? The godman known as Lattu Mutya Baba hails from Bagalkot district in Karnataka. He's famous among people who gather around to get a glimpse of him miraculously stopping a fan and listening to his sermons.
What is the trend about?
What made him weirdly famous among the netizens, like his followers, is the fact that he blesses people by stopping a moving fan. Yes, you read that right! He stops a moving fan, takes the dust from the fan, and showers his blessings on his devotees! As strange as it may sound, he's ended up on most of our feeds! It may also be this bizarre phenomenon that people find funny that made it apt for social media! Content creation is all about finding all the peculiar things in our regular lives, adding extra jazz to it, and calling out the weirdness through their parodies.
There have been multiple videos of people finding ways to turn this peculiar video into a funny piece of content for their followers. People are not only trying to recreate the original video, they are also adding their humor to it by visualizing this trend in everyday chores like mothers asking kids to clean and corporate settings. Some artists even worked their magic and turned the trending song into an EDM version that will surely be played at dance clubs and parties.
Here are some of our favourites!
If there is something that we know, apart from understanding how we end up with videos and trends like this on our feeds, is the fact that the internet will always find a way to make something entertaining for us.
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