Current:Home > FinanceStop What You're Doing—Moo Deng Just Dropped Her First Single -ForexStream
Stop What You're Doing—Moo Deng Just Dropped Her First Single
Ethermac View
Date:2025-04-10 14:00:31
Moo Deng knows what her fans want.
A song available in four languages, right? Well, that's what the internet's favorite baby pygmy hippo released on YouTube Nov. 13.
The 50-second catchy tune "Moodeng Moodeng" repeats her name several times before highlighting her relationship with her mom Jona from her perspective. "Mommy Mommy, Play with me," the song continues in English. "Please Mommy, Come play with me / Bounce with me, Mom."
A video of the 4-month-old animal tripping in her habitat at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand plays on a loop alongside the lyrics. The song—which is also available in Thai, Chinese and Japanese—was written and produced by Mueanphet Ammara and released by one of Thailand's biggest music companies, GMM Music.
The baby hippo, whose name roughly translates to "bouncy pig," has stolen hearts with her silly demeanor after going viral on social media in September. While her presence online has made her internet royalty, she's also made her name at the zoo, with spectators from around the world visiting to meet her.
And the facility has also taken advantage of her newfound stardom by stocking merchandise adorned with her face and including her in advertisements for clothing and bakeries. Sephora Thailand also spotlighted the baby animal, whose cheeks are rosy pink, to advertise their blush collections.
"The hottest trend right now has to be Moo Deng," the company wrote on Instagram in September, translated from Thai. "The super cute hippo who creates legends every day. With soft pink cheeks, Sephora doesn't miss out on introducing a famous blush that gives a super cute look like this."
Bowen Yang even paid homage to Moo Deng during an episode of Saturday Night Live in September, dressed as the animal while making callbacks to Chappell Roan's recent stance on boundaries with the public.
"Reminder: women owe you nothing," Bowen said during the Weekend Update sketch in a full Moo Deng costume. "When I'm in my enclosure, tripping over stuff, biting my trainer's knee, I'm at work, that is the project. Do not yell my name or expect a photo just because I'm your parasocial bestie or because you appreciate my talent."
He also made a callback to the "Hot To Go" singer with her famous line, noting, "I'm your favorite hippos' favorite hippo."
After all, Chappell and Moo Deng seemed to be skyrocketing to fame simultaneously.
"Leave her alone," Bowen added. "Let her take as much time as she needs for her mental health. We both deserve patience and grace, so stop harassing her and stop throwing shellfish at her…This is what society does: It puts young women on pedestals, only to knock them down with shellfish."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (1362)
Related
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- How Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler tell 'Hunger Games' origin tale without Katniss Everdeen
- Second arrest made in Halloween weekend shooting in Tampa that killed 2, injured 16 others
- Lukas Gage Makes First Public Appearance Since Chris Appleton Divorce Filing
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- Meat made from cells, not livestock, is here. But will it ever replace traditional meat?
- Thousands of Starbucks workers go on a one-day strike on one of chain's busiest days
- Washington police search for couple they say disappeared under suspicious circumstance
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Cutting a teaspoon of salt is comparable to taking blood pressure medication
Ranking
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law
- Canadian man convicted of murder for killing 4 Muslim family members with his pickup
- USMNT scores three second-half goals to win in its Concacaf Nations League opener
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Rafael Nadal will reveal his comeback plans soon after missing nearly all of 2023
- Review: Death, duty and Diana rule ‘The Crown’ in a bleak Part 1 of its final season
- 5 European nations and Canada seek to join genocide case against Myanmar at top UN court
Recommendation
This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
Israeli military says it's carrying out a precise and targeted ground operation in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital
Google's latest AI music tool creates tracks using famous singers' voice clones
India bus crash kills almost 40 as passengers plunged 600 feet down gorge in country's mountainous north
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
Judge rules against tribes in fight over Nevada lithium mine they say is near sacred massacre site
Guatemala prosecutors pursue president-elect and student protesters over campus takeover
'A long year back': A brutal dog attack took her leg but not the life she loves