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“You Are Meaningless”, is a looping 3-word long music video that is created using a familiar tune and ascending notes. The one-shot song features, Tameem Youness, an infamous creative/director/comedian and now, lead singer. Located in a corner of what-seems-like their jamming session area, they’re set-up much like the average band; Tameem in the middle and his band surrounds him. Contradicting haphazard meaningless elements aided the vitality of the song, with the band is dressed up in shirts and ties while fiddling with their instruments in a foolish way. The choreography, clockwork and almost-improvised where renown social media elites and entertainers enter the frame to do meaningless gestures. The music tempo cues in for visual changes, smoke and change in light intensity. Halfway through the video, a what-seems-like an international feature, drops in the frame to sing what sounds like Greek language, but in reality, is gibberish.

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The song follows an artful lyrical approach which consists of repeating only three words throughout the whole song. What’s fascinating is how each utterance of the three words evokes a different feeling, enunciated with immense depth and range of emotion. This was exactly why a low production, 3-word song that said nothing and was sung by a comedian, managed to surpass the success of the yearly awaited albums from international stars across the region. Tameem Youness is not your average entertainer. He is a one-stop shop entertainer. Known and loved among Egyptians for his work, Tameem took Egyptians by surprise when he decided to challenge the big leagues of the music industry for virality, using only three words. With the help of some of his friends, social media and entertainment elites, the music video had something new to say.

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