Pop Culture Man reluctantly lets teens use his door camera to film a music video. It turned into a masterpiece. "This gives me hope about the next generation of music," one viewer wrote. www.upworthy.com/maples-pet-d...
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Pretty decent.
aug 22, 2025, 1:46 pm • 0 0 • view
the only problem I see with this is that, if it goes viral, Amazon will claim its ownership rights
aug 22, 2025, 2:34 pm • 1 0 • view
AND THAT MAN ROCKED THEIR WORLD!
aug 22, 2025, 5:50 pm • 1 0 • view
I mean, it's not a bad song, really. And I thought the whole "can we use your Ring camera" bit was rather cute lol.
aug 22, 2025, 10:42 pm • 0 0 • view
I saw that a few days ago and I haven't been able to stop listening to it. It's a great song. The kids are alright.
aug 22, 2025, 2:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Block em like lego💪💪💪
aug 22, 2025, 2:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Young and fun and rage. So much better than watching 80 year old rockers for the 8 millionth time!
aug 22, 2025, 12:49 pm • 0 0 • view
The joy I feel at this. AI is a fad. Humans WANT to create and kids like this are the vanguard. Actually, it's one of the reasons I left my job and am studying to become an art teacher.
aug 23, 2025, 1:06 am • 0 0 • view
Instagram? No thanks.
aug 22, 2025, 8:23 am • 10 0 • view
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AC... here's the youtube version. Instagram free :)
aug 22, 2025, 10:54 am • 4 0 • view
I'm with you, but you don't need Instagram or TT app to view the video. Just click on the article then scroll down to their name Maple's Pet Dinosaur, and click on that.
aug 22, 2025, 9:51 am • 16 1 • view
What we do here without you ?..thanks Trump gave us an IQ of a 4th grader..
aug 22, 2025, 11:17 am • 1 0 • view
WOW. We MUST leave these kids a sustainable world, b/c they are AWESOME 👍🙏❤️
aug 22, 2025, 8:26 am • 0 0 • view
Watch this and improve your day. I did.
aug 22, 2025, 10:46 am • 2 1 • view
Love it! Here's another dirt cheap video made by some slightly older kids that you may enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1FN...
aug 22, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
That's punk af.
aug 22, 2025, 3:24 pm • 0 0 • view
check this out, I made this video using a $40 smart phone in my bedroom and stock footage I found for free. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIaO...
aug 22, 2025, 4:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Brilliant idea! (Beta version via Panavision cameras 👇)
aug 22, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Best of luck to them all. It’s all staged, they are miming and the house owner would have certainly heard them all sticking their equipment on his porch!
aug 22, 2025, 3:06 pm • 3 0 • view
Sure, it's staged but it's still fairly awesome.
aug 22, 2025, 3:40 pm • 2 0 • view
I love this. Great job kids. My 16 year old is in a band. I’m glad to see kids getting into this. I’m inspired!!! ROCK ON!!!!🤘🏻
aug 22, 2025, 12:23 pm • 5 0 • view
It’s so fun and edited well!!!
aug 22, 2025, 10:18 pm • 0 0 • view
I think they need to change the name of the band to Maple From Next Door 😎
aug 22, 2025, 1:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Very cool!
aug 22, 2025, 1:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Too cool!
aug 22, 2025, 2:20 pm • 0 0 • view
I love it. Creative and cool. Also, I’m a sceptic and think it’s actually one of those kids home- but great selling point.
aug 22, 2025, 11:17 pm • 0 0 • view
that's not pop culture that's indie culture
aug 22, 2025, 1:28 pm • 6 0 • view
Go DC! Minor Threat on the porch. Those were the days! Blast the anthems and take back our fucking city!
aug 22, 2025, 6:42 pm • 2 0 • view
Exactly. It would be improper to talk about DIY music and not mention Dishord!
aug 22, 2025, 2:31 pm • 2 0 • view
💯
aug 22, 2025, 2:38 pm • 1 0 • view
And from a directorial perspective I think Nathaniel Hornblower, RIP, should also be mentioned. 😝
aug 22, 2025, 2:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Those kids in the video would have no idea who we're talking about, lol. Aging ourselves like hell.
aug 22, 2025, 3:12 pm • 2 0 • view
with those kids in the video being as shockingly skilled as they are, i wouldn't assume that too quickly lol. plenty of folks draw passion and inspiration from others who were before their time!
aug 22, 2025, 5:40 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah, I guess you're right. I listen to it, so my kids have been listening to it all their lives... They may not like it, but they sure as hell heard it.
aug 22, 2025, 6:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes! Great point.
aug 22, 2025, 3:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Such a cool idea
aug 22, 2025, 5:39 pm • 0 0 • view
I guess the kids are alright.
aug 22, 2025, 11:44 pm • 0 0 • view
They are good.
aug 22, 2025, 12:49 pm • 0 0 • view
The kids are alright
aug 22, 2025, 2:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Maple’s Pet Dinosaur is an excellent band name.
aug 22, 2025, 1:20 pm • 2 0 • view
They're not bad either.
aug 22, 2025, 3:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Ok. This is amazing! A new art form. Love it!
aug 22, 2025, 1:22 pm • 2 0 • view
Love this so much
aug 22, 2025, 2:30 pm • 0 0 • view
Need an Instagram account.
aug 22, 2025, 8:19 am • 3 0 • view
TikTok let me watch it with an account
aug 22, 2025, 8:08 pm • 0 0 • view
What? Did none of those kids have a smart phone?
aug 22, 2025, 9:53 am • 0 0 • view
I’m not a fan of instagram. It’s a republican thing, and I won’t be subjected to it any longer.
aug 22, 2025, 8:32 am • 3 0 • view
As a venue owner there is no shortage of musical talent, in fact the democratization of music production has exponentially increased the amount of good music (and bad) available.
aug 22, 2025, 2:16 pm • 1 0 • view
However the economic/value system we live under make it virtually impossible for musicians to make a reasonable income through their music.
aug 22, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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aug 22, 2025, 2:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Next iteration of “traveling to shitty bars all over the country in a black beat-up van covered in bumper stickers.”
aug 22, 2025, 2:14 pm • 0 0 • view
So cool!
aug 22, 2025, 9:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Made my night! They r little punk-pop rockers 🤘🏽
aug 22, 2025, 10:32 am • 2 0 • view
I'm not on Instagram or TikTok so I didn't get to see it. 😢 Glad to see creativity isn't going anywhere regardless of what this shithole of a country does to the kids. 👍
aug 22, 2025, 3:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Draw up a contract for these teens Get the parents approval Record deal Send chocolate, coffee and thank you note to nextdoor neighbor
aug 22, 2025, 9:49 am • 0 0 • view
aug 22, 2025, 9:04 am • 0 0 • view
😎😎😎
aug 22, 2025, 1:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Top tune. 👍
aug 22, 2025, 1:27 pm • 1 0 • view
I love it! Great idea.
aug 22, 2025, 3:29 pm • 0 0 • view
That was awesome. Altho my ring camera has a feature to speak in a clown voice, and I probably would've answered like that.
aug 22, 2025, 1:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Poor kids don't know how to use a phone.
aug 22, 2025, 8:37 pm • 2 0 • view
Honestly, I don't care if staged or not. It's creative and they're actually quite talented. Good for them!
aug 22, 2025, 2:11 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 22, 2025, 6:16 pm • 3 0 • view
Cool video! Opportunity knocks, glad it also Rings!
aug 22, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
As long as this wave keeps playing there version of good old rock and roll , keeps playing actual instruments we will be fine.
aug 22, 2025, 1:13 pm • 0 0 • view
I just added this to my music collection. Thank you
aug 22, 2025, 8:20 am • 0 0 • view
funny that a doorbell fisheye lens would be used this way, but good on them! Cheaper than buying a special lens for that!
aug 22, 2025, 11:42 am • 0 0 • view
Very not bad.
aug 22, 2025, 5:04 pm • 0 0 • view
If they had managed to upload the video to YouTube instead of just using fucking Instagram, this hope would be justified.
aug 22, 2025, 8:31 am • 0 0 • view
TRE - MEND - OUS. And I'm 79!
aug 22, 2025, 1:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Very clever
aug 22, 2025, 8:44 am • 0 0 • view
This is great. A band I was in once set up the porch of an abandoned house and started playing. It only took 11 minutes for the cops to shut us down. People are cooler now.
aug 22, 2025, 6:11 pm • 1 0 • view
This is totally worth a watch folks.
aug 22, 2025, 2:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Now I want a disc….which is very late genx of me, I know
aug 22, 2025, 5:11 am • 16 0 • view
I miss cassette tape how's that for late gen. I used to record on blank cassettes is was a fun time.
aug 22, 2025, 10:46 am • 8 0 • view
Just make sure you have a pencil handy
aug 22, 2025, 1:55 pm • 7 0 • view
Yes I have it ^^ (a lot of them)
aug 22, 2025, 3:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Kids are still picking up real instruments 👍 that's a god sign
aug 22, 2025, 4:50 pm • 2 0 • view
i don't wanna ungraciously misinterpret you- would you mind defining what you mean by real instruments?
aug 22, 2025, 5:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Stuff that is not AI generated with a prompt 😝
aug 22, 2025, 8:35 pm • 2 0 • view
thank goodness, was worried i was gonna run into someone thinking a MIDI is fake music or something.
aug 23, 2025, 2:41 am • 0 0 • view
I used to feel like that. When I was younger, and snobbish because my instrument was made of wood. Then I grew, realized even the kids making loop samples are still making art because they're using the mind, feeling, soul, etc. AI threw everything out the window now.
aug 23, 2025, 8:59 pm • 1 0 • view
I would love to see the video but I am not downloading Instagram 😕
aug 22, 2025, 9:21 pm • 0 0 • view
This is a spinna...block em like lego, block em like lego!
aug 22, 2025, 5:49 pm • 0 0 • view
I watched that on Instagram. Delightful.
aug 22, 2025, 4:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 22, 2025, 4:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Good on both or you, the man for letting them use the doorbell camera and the kids who thought of it and made a video. I also feel hope
aug 22, 2025, 9:50 pm • 1 0 • view
📌
aug 22, 2025, 12:38 pm • 0 0 • view
📌
aug 22, 2025, 7:47 am • 0 0 • view
Good to see instruments again. Bonus - Ms Wake's assessment of Levigne being "punk" is hilarious. 😁
aug 22, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Not to mention the acoustics of his porch would cost dolla dolla bill to build a studio so good.
aug 22, 2025, 2:36 pm • 0 0 • view
❤️🔥💥🌈🌟☀️
aug 22, 2025, 12:11 pm • 1 0 • view
this is dope as fuck! hats off to the neighbor for being down with it too! these kids could be out doing dumb shit but they're out being creative and thinking outside the box!
aug 22, 2025, 3:58 pm • 2 0 • view
Brilliant
aug 22, 2025, 8:55 am • 1 0 • view
aug 22, 2025, 7:29 pm • 0 0 • view
If we gave more kids instruments, they wouldn't want guns.
aug 22, 2025, 5:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Good job! What Guns and Roses did decades ago 🔥 🔥 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuhL...
aug 22, 2025, 10:05 am • 1 0 • view
This both good and bad, go and figure it out!
aug 22, 2025, 2:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Wld love to see that, b/ not an Instagram user.
aug 22, 2025, 3:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Love this
aug 23, 2025, 12:02 am • 1 0 • view
Clearly not quite as off the cuff as made out, but that's ok. It's still cool. Fair play to them for thinking of something a little different and running with it. Fun little track too.
aug 22, 2025, 1:23 pm • 4 0 • view
Just watched it. It's good. Has shades of punk anger.
aug 22, 2025, 2:39 pm • 0 0 • view
youtu.be/aOTY01DaOOQ?...
aug 22, 2025, 7:43 am • 4 0 • view
Also a banger
aug 22, 2025, 2:05 pm • 0 1 • view
Brilliant!
aug 22, 2025, 2:28 pm • 0 0 • view
I’d see them live!!!
aug 22, 2025, 4:43 pm • 0 0 • view
My advice to people of my generation interacting with young people looking a creative outlet you say yes. How may i help? Tell them well done!
aug 22, 2025, 1:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Review: It’s a banger.
aug 22, 2025, 11:39 am • 0 0 • view
Excellent💕
aug 22, 2025, 12:12 pm • 0 0 • view
This is amazing
aug 22, 2025, 8:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Clever!
aug 22, 2025, 3:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Cool.
aug 22, 2025, 5:32 am • 5 0 • view
Love it!
aug 22, 2025, 5:14 pm • 0 0 • view
It's nice to see kids doing things that don't involve staring at screens.
aug 22, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Here's the complete song from Maple's Pet Dinosaur youtu.be/M6ACQGhpLl4?...
aug 22, 2025, 4:42 pm • 3 0 • view
It is also on Spotify and they do show the video if you are interested open.spotify.com/track/2lIvl5...
aug 22, 2025, 11:01 pm • 0 0 • view
This is awesome!!
aug 22, 2025, 7:22 pm • 0 0 • view
This is frickin awesome!!!
aug 22, 2025, 2:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Awesome! Love this so much!
aug 22, 2025, 10:45 am • 0 0 • view
Amazing! 😊❤️
aug 22, 2025, 5:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Ik weet niet waarom, maar ik moet hierbij aan @fakeplasticruby.bsky.social denken... 😄
aug 22, 2025, 3:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Leuk!! Vind ik een kei toffe associatie
aug 22, 2025, 4:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Finally, skinny jeans and band tshirts are “cool” again
aug 22, 2025, 12:58 pm • 1 0 • view
The kids are alright! Extremely talented and creative!
aug 24, 2025, 12:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Like the man said, "The street finds its own uses for things."
aug 22, 2025, 6:06 am • 5 1 • view
the Kids all know how widely Ring sells YOUR data
aug 22, 2025, 7:29 am • 0 0 • view
Big RHCP energy. Love it!
aug 22, 2025, 2:10 pm • 0 0 • view
WOULD BUY THE CD. Or download, I'm old but not decrepit.
aug 22, 2025, 4:24 pm • 0 0 • view
She sure knows how to use her voice. That was really good.
aug 22, 2025, 9:51 pm • 1 0 • view
This rocks!!!
aug 22, 2025, 5:45 am • 51 5 • view
That is awesome! Love the scuzzy sound.
aug 22, 2025, 11:00 am • 6 0 • view
Agree!
aug 22, 2025, 2:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Very impressive. Hope they get somewhere.
aug 22, 2025, 12:08 pm • 0 0 • view
IG link to the video: www.instagram.com/reel/DNT3QJl...
aug 22, 2025, 9:26 am • 0 0 • view
Cool
aug 22, 2025, 9:40 pm • 0 0 • view
😂 as a drummer myself I can relate to the "this is stupid"😆
aug 22, 2025, 5:08 am • 13 0 • view
Love this!!!!!
aug 22, 2025, 2:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Lola Youngg did it first ! share.google/6Y1tNAbL6DT3... Check out this video from this search, lola young what is it about me video
aug 22, 2025, 6:13 am • 0 0 • view
The irony is most musicians start out similarly!!! To the moon or higher
aug 22, 2025, 6:07 pm • 1 0 • view
I like it!
aug 22, 2025, 12:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Watched the snippet on TikTok (link in the article) and it was fun and awesome (hate TikTok but this was worth it). The kid whose only job appeared to be holding up a big plushy Lego to the ring camera with a huge grin on his face made me laugh. Little brother?
aug 22, 2025, 8:49 am • 0 0 • view
What creative kids!
aug 22, 2025, 3:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah, this is creative but definitely not some random guy who says “I guess” to a band that set up all their equipment on his porch assuming that they miraculously found someone to record their video on his porch.
aug 22, 2025, 4:54 am • 17 1 • view
I was thinking how very convenient they just happened to have all their gear and power connection ready... 😂😂 Great song though.
aug 22, 2025, 11:03 am • 2 0 • view
Who cares. it's pretty cool.
aug 22, 2025, 1:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Or remember that whole A.B.C.D.F F@&€ you song where t. artist asked the community in a video for song ideas then showing a tweet & presumably producing the song but it turned out the tweet came from a guy from her record company & the song was finished before t. video where she asked for song ideas
aug 22, 2025, 5:09 am • 1 0 • view
Yeah it’s most likely staged. The funny thing in the past even record company’s did such stunts acting like they found the artist because of a viral video but in reality the artist was already signed and the video made by the record company.
aug 22, 2025, 5:05 am • 19 0 • view
Of course, it was staged, you killjoy.
aug 22, 2025, 11:04 am • 0 0 • view
This is awesome! I love them
aug 22, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Adorable
aug 22, 2025, 7:38 am • 0 0 • view