<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">No, not at all. Nobody has heard about it here. I have discovered the song in the Canadian charts and then found reports on YouTube which explain the TikTok story and the background here on WGN-TV<br>https://youtu.be/3rtISNjb06k<br>and here on CNBC<br>https://youtu.be/IdozZS38Cso<br><br>If you see the YouTube reports then you will agree that Walker Hayes seems to be a nice guy who is a good dad and deserves the unexpected success. Maybe he is making fun of his own country, but I don't understand the song text good enough to recognize the subtleties (upgrade? styrofoam?) and I have never been to an Applebee's either. I don't know what it is like. <br><br>J.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Marcus Daniels <marcus@snoutfarm.com> </div><div>Date: 10/11/21 06:15 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Unexpected success </div><div><br></div></div>
Is this how Germans make fun of Americans?<br>
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<div dir="auto">Have you heard the story of Walker Hayes? He is a country singer from Franklin, Tennessee, who struggled to make a living in order to feed his 6 six kids. During the pandemic he wrote a song "Fancy Like". After listening to his song his daughter
convinced him that it needs a dance. The two recorded a dance together, uploaded it on TikTok and the song went viral. Applebees noticed it and turned it into a commercial. Now Walker has finally the commercial success he was looking for, thanks to Applebees,
his daughter and a dance on TikTok. Have you tried a Bourbon Street Steak at Applebees? Is it good? </div>
<div dir="auto">https://youtu.be/HAU_-R3QGv8</div>
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<div dir="auto">-J.</div>
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