Phil Collins’ 1981 banger ‘In the Air Tonight’ is a hit again after a reaction video went viral.
The ‘First Time Hearing’ clip is one of the latest in a series where 22-year-old twins Tim and Fred Williams, known by YouTube watchers as ‘TwinsthenewTend’, give their instant reactions to music they’ve never heard before.
They’ve previously listened to “Jolene” by Dolly Parton, “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen and Janis Joplin‘s “Piece of My Heart”, but it’s their reaction to Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’ is being hailed their best yet.
At the time of writing, the clip had almost 4.5 million views and has sent the song back up the iTunes chart and was the fourth-bestselling track on the platform for all of last week.
Check it out here, the drum solo reaction is EVERYTHING.
Yooooo y’all been sleeping on Phil Collins while I’ve been a stan since I could stand!
Watch these teens hear the power of the Phil fill for the first time. 🤘🏻🤘🏻 pic.twitter.com/0YZe5CWsV0— Nicole Arbour (@NicoleArbour) August 7, 2020
These 2 teens listening to In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins for the first time is absolute gold pic.twitter.com/L3QhbKf0hV
— Dakota Fuqua (@DakotaFuqua77) August 7, 2020
Two teenagers get schooled by Phil Collins.https://t.co/SV4eczvuq9 pic.twitter.com/6IoaatJYIq
— 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰 (@tprstly) August 6, 2020
This video of teenagers listening to “In The Air Tonight” for the first time put me in a better mood https://t.co/qKY0QbRgcd
— Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) August 6, 2020