This is a video of Swedish Olympic handball star Isabelle Gullden (driving) and some other woman singing along (well, sort of–maybe “riffing on” is a better term) to Jason Derulo’s “Whatcha Say” in the car, and it is hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bemIK39WmLA
The video raises so many questions (perhaps all of which would be answered if I knew Swedish):
1. This is obviously premeditated. Whose idea was it? Is it some sort of weird marketing gimmick?
2. Why this song?
3. Who is the other woman, and shouldn’t she be driving her famous Olympian friend around instead of vice versa?
4. What does the hand motion that the women make every time they sing the chorus signify in Sweden? If it’s the same thing it signifies in the U.S., an additional question arises (pun intended!): Why are these women so dirty? (not that I have a problem with it)
5. Not a question, but an observation: the way Gullden is torn between totally rocking out like her friend and being a responsible driver cracks me up! If this video is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Daniel Shank Cruz 