Sometimes, we’ll do something in Times Square but that’s more so because there’s an interesting character there. Weimer: How do you decide where in New York City to shoot?īyrne: We try and make it so the videos are shot at places in New York City that you’re not familiar with from movies. ![]() We started to look for individual characters who had interesting personalities, events like Knicks games, and public reactions - like when Andrew Cuomo got kicked out of office. So, we changed the style of the show up a lot. There was really no energy for us to go up and receive from people like we were getting before. After the pandemic hit, we came back and the city was so quiet. When we first started, we were pretty reliant on the host, Trent, to go around and talk to any stranger we could find. Weimer: When you first went out to make videos, was there a type of person or content that you were looking for? A stereotype of NYC that those that live there love and are obviously proud of. Nothing more, nothing less you’re handing the microphone to the streets of all five boroughs and what you receive is everyone’s funniest, rawest, and unapologetic versions of themselves. And the truth is, while New York City hates a lot of things, one thing every New Yorker loves is talking about.New York! So, you get a camera, one of you carries a hand-held microphone, and you walk outside your dorm and start recording videos letting almost anyone who wants to say something, speak their piece. ![]() Pre-internet, your dreams would have been a lot less realistic, but the invention of the smartphone has given a voice to anyone who wants to talk - and a world-wide receiver for anyone who wants to listen. You and a buddy are freshman in the biggest city in the country and you want to make a name for yourselves. bringing the wackiest people of the Big Apple to the internet's doorstep with hilarious one minute man-on-the-street videos. The two simple syllables capture a vibe that goes beyond real words.Jack Byrne (left) and Trent Simonian (right) are the two NYU students behind New York City's. Like “yeet” and other standalone internet catchphrases, it’s hard to define what “bing bong” really means. I texted a few of my friends to see how they would translate “bing bong,” and their answers ranged from “liberation” to “that’s what’s up” to “get fucked.” That said, its exact meaning varies depending on whom you ask. ![]() What does bing bong mean to you? - “Bing bong” encapsulates a certain New York irreverence - the pride in being emphatically yourself with little regard for what the rest of the world thinks. ![]() “Bing bong” isn’t the only Sidetalk soundbite to develop a viral life of its own the audio “ what do you want to tell Joe Byron right now?” has been used as a sound in 39,000 TikTok videos and counting. Just as you grasp what’s going on, the video cuts to something just as nuts. Take, for example, the 5-second clip of a man in a hard hat and sweatpants holding two dogs and urging Ariana Grande to visit Coney Island. The account’s clips have complex layers of weirdness that you could unpeel like an onion - if you had more than a few seconds to process them. Sidetalk captures a gritty and uninhibited side of the city. Since Sidetalk’s first YouTube video in October 2019, the duo has reliably uploaded minute-long dispatches from the wild sidewalks of New York and amassed over 370,000 YouTube subscribers, a million Instagram followers, and 2.8 million TikTok followers. Created by a pair of NYU film students named Jack Byrne and Trent Simonian, the channel opens each video with the “bing bong” sound of subway doors closing. The spirit of New York - That utterance is a nod to Sidetalk, the social media channel that calls itself “New York’s one-minute street show,” which recorded and posted the original video. Amid the euphoric chaos, a camera captures the berserk fans’ quotes, like “we have de Blasio, we have Cuomo, it was rough shit, but we have the Knicks!” At one point, the video cuts from a joyful fan releasing a guttural squawk to another crowd member who delivers the golden words: “ Bing bong!” But what does it mean? - The catchphrase comes from a viral video shot October 20 outside of Madison Square Garden in which a raucous crowd of screaming fans celebrates the Knicks beating the Celtics in double-overtime.
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