Tay Zonday: Selling Out? His New Video
If you spend time on the web, you’ve probably heard of Tay Zonday. He was part of a story I did a month ago about Minnesotans using YouTube. Tay’s a grad student at the U of M (real name, Adam Bahner) and got famous for this song, “Chocolate Rain.”
There’s a new edition of “Chocolate Rain. Last night on MNSpeak I noticed that Tay recorded a music video called “Chocolate Cherry Rain.” It’s insane. Dr. Pepper is apparently coming out with a new Diet Chocolate Cherry Dr. Pepper (can they put a couple more flavors in there?)… and paid for this music video. Personally, I think it’s hilarious. Tay was so buttoned-down and serious when we interviewed him, I’m a little shocked that he’d be willing to mock himself like this. Of course, who knows how much he got paid??
So, do you think Tay is selling out??
(Repost from WCCO-TV DeBlog)