Zhao Lei TARARARARA and Harmonium Harmonium, these two songs sounds suspiciously similar

I was amazed by the awesome trumpet sound I heard on YouTube Shorts. A cool-looking trumpet player performing a familiar tune, the trumpet's comforting sound cutting through the rough waves. The melody, so nostalgic and heart-stirring, took me back to my younger days, and I just had to find it.

 

Zhao Lei TARARARARA

I looked up the title I saw on Shorts, and discovered that the song is 'TARARARARA' by Zhao Lei. Wikipedia describes Zhao Lei as a Chinese folk singer who was born in 1986 and is currently active in Beijing.

 

With an emphasis on the trumpet's sound, this song presents an upbeat and repetitive melodic structure. This melody is highly addictive, leading many people to use it as background music for challenge videos on platforms like TikTok.

 

It seems the song was named 'TARARARARA' because the trumpet melody sounds like 'tararara'.

 

https://youtu.be/MD6MX7zWqzM?si=bmM13DaP6HS2UqOv

 

 

This song is reported to have experienced a surge in global popularity following its viral spread on TikTok. Reports indicate that numerous users are producing and sharing diverse challenge videos with this song as their soundtrack.

 

Familiar trumpet melody

I was amazed by the awesome trumpet sound I heard on YouTube Shorts. Familiar trumpet melody, This song brings back memories; it's from Quebec, Canada, and I adored it 30 years ago. Harmonium is a singer who is little known in Korea, Japan, and China. They don't have mainstream popularity, but they have a large fan base.

 

The trumpet melody is closely reminiscent of the trumpet sound featured in the middle section of the title track, 'Harmonium', from Harmonium's eponymous debut album.

 

Thank you for bringing back memories. However, I'm writing this to let you know that there's a similar song. This song was a great comfort to me during my desolate youth.

 

https://youtu.be/zfmaTGdt8Ns?si=wfOW9Dmbr-mWyO8d

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Someday, I imagine listening to this song alone and peacefully in a quiet cafe in Quebec, with a relaxed heart.