This viral clip of an amazing 8-year-old drummer is blowing people’s minds
Every parent thinks their child is wonderful and talented, which they all are, as long as you consider waking at dawn on your only day off a talent. Some children, however, are truly possessed of enviable gifts, like 8-year-old Yoyoka Soma from Japan. Here she is showing off her ridiculous drumming skills to Led Zeppelin’s Good Times Bad Times.
When Twitter user @DannyDutch shared a link to the video last week, it went viral, picking up almost two million views and was shared thousands of times via Danny’s post and others.
John Bonham has come back as an 8 year old girl, I can't begin to describe how amazing this child is!! https://t.co/cZl8i560FW #LedZeppelin https://t.co/HoyDdzCA3L
— Danielππ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ ΰ₯ (@DannyDutch) May 19, 2019
I have watched this a hundred times and I will never stop. https://t.co/wDbm7TTctq
— Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton) May 24, 2019
βMy name is Yoyoka Soma. I am an eight year-old Japanese drummer.β π₯π₯
(via @DannyDutch) #LedZeppelin https://t.co/s9U3OK3xIz
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) May 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1130786719815610368
This is amazing. I played the bass as a young man, but I always wanted to be a drummer. In my dreams, I was this good. https://t.co/HXU5trqkue
— David Emmett (@motomatters) May 24, 2019
I have a new drumming hero. https://t.co/jIWkNd0IKL
— Liz Buckley (@liz_buckley) May 25, 2019
HO-O-O-OLY FUCK πππ https://t.co/D5dPMT9lT4
— The Princess Broad (@baddgrl_) May 24, 2019
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant watched Yoyoka’s performance and had this to say.
“What would John Bonham say?”
“I think he’d be amazed. I think he’d be so chuffed.”
Source: YouTube
H/T: @DannyDutch