Amazing story behind that Video ^^^.
Recorded by YouTuber Nanalew
two years before Awolnation's own video this Nanalew version got nearly 150 million views, in comparison to the group's own video which got just over 20 million.
On January 28, 2015, Nanalew's video was blocked from YouTube due to copyright issues
....but returned several days later.
A few months later Nanalew took the video down again herself. She states:
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As of May 2016 the video has over 210 million views.
The Redhead holding the garden hose in the Video is also a youtuber: singer Meekakitty (Tessa Violet Williams)
Nanalew's real name is Shawna Howson and she is from Ontario, Canada.
Recorded by YouTuber Nanalew
two years before Awolnation's own video this Nanalew version got nearly 150 million views, in comparison to the group's own video which got just over 20 million.
On January 28, 2015, Nanalew's video was blocked from YouTube due to copyright issues
....but returned several days later.
A few months later Nanalew took the video down again herself. She states:
For the last few years, Red Bull Records has been claiming all the earnings for the video. They'd agreed to working with me on a mutually beneficial partnership (including possible compensation for my video), but nothing has come through.
She then called for her fans to tweet to the record label if they wanted to see the video back up again.[SUP][13]
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As of May 2016 the video has over 210 million views.
The Redhead holding the garden hose in the Video is also a youtuber: singer Meekakitty (Tessa Violet Williams)
Nanalew's real name is Shawna Howson and she is from Ontario, Canada.
