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Mongolian Throat Singing

Updated Nov 06, 2024 at 05:13PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added Feb 24, 2020 at 11:23AM EST by Philipp.

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About

Mongolian Throat Singing refers to a series of memes that imagine Mongolian throat singing to be the ultimate, most enjoyable form of music. Mongolian throat singing has been often referenced in memes, with clips and images of throat singer Batzorig Vaanchig also being used for meme purposes.

Origin

On April 9th, 2014, YouTube^[1] channel of Mongolian throat singer Batzorig Vaanchig uploaded a video of him singing "Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal" ("In Praise of Genghis Khan") (shown below, left). The video received over 3.5 million views in six years, with a February 14th, 2015, reupload by YouTube^[2] channel Gnawalux Brussels accumulating over 15.7 million views in five years. Another video^[3] of Tyvan musician Saidash Mongush throat singing, uploaded on September 17th, 2014, garnered over 9.3 million views in six years (shown below, right).

On August 29th, 2015, YouTube^[4] user 10lettername posted a meme edit titled "Mongolian Throat Singing" based on the video of Saidash Mongush. The edit received over a million views in five years (shown below). An August 31st, 2015, post of the video in the /r/youtubehaiku^[5] subreddit accumulated over 3,200 upvotes in six months.

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On September 7th, 2015, Vine^[6] user OBT uploaded a meme edit in which throat singing was added to a photoshopped image of musician Drake. The vine received over 4.5 million loops in five years, with a February 28th, 2016, YouTube^[7] reupload gaining over 199,000 views in four years (reupload shown below).

In April 2016, an unknown user posted^[8] a Can We Listen to Something Else Besides Future meme referencing Mongolian Throat Singer, with the image being circulated on Reddit, Imgur and other websites in the following years.

"Can we listen to something else besides mongolian throat singing?"

Starting in 2016, Mongolian and Tyvan Throat Singing has remained a popular reference in memes online, while the video of Mongolian singer Batzorig Vaanchig performing "Khusugtun Batzorig Chinggis Khaan" has become a source for humorous edits.