Electrobasher Skrillex has packed arenas, been hailed as the leader of the new rave generation, and graced the cover of Spin magazine. But does anybody think he’s actually a talented musician?
If you ask animator Eduardo Nigaglioni, the answer is most definitely “No.”
On Jan. 2, Nigaglioni posted a video to his YouTube channel entitled “*LEAKED* Video of Skrillex Composing.” It’s a 20-second animation of Skrillex doing the musical equivalent of hyperventilating and having a seizure, crafting in the process what’s sure to be the next über-hit on the currently exploding rave circuit.
This isn’t the first Skrillex parody video. The Daily Dot has seen Seinfeld’s Kramer jamming out in his car, shared Hank Hill’s disgust, and of course, there’s this priceless GIF of Skrillex being antagonized by a bee.
However, none hit closer to home than “LEAKED.”
“Wahhhhh, pppppffttthh,” Skrillex revs in the video’s first five seconds before throwing his hands up and shouting, “Yes! Oh my god!,” and bouncing around the walls like he’s ingested a pile of MDMA.
“*LEAKED*” lived on Nigaglioni’s channel for two days, racking up just 135 views. On Jan. 4, British publishing company WonkyWaves reposted the video on their YouTube page, where Nigaglioni’s video has gone on to receive 12,152 views and 65 comments.
“Chek [sic] my channel and you can see I uploaded the video first,” he posted on WonkyWaves’ page two weeks ago. “At the end it says created by Eduardo Nigaglioni in [S]panish, which is my name.”
“I am actually not pissed,” he continued. “The tittle says it’s leaked. Plus! If it wasn’t for [WonkyWaves], I would not have so much views.”
(Nigaglioni posted a message on WonkyWaves’ YouTube channel last week, asking that the company credit him in their description on the video’s page. No such action has been made thus far.)
User eoghainc wasn’t so ready to write off WonkyWaves’ sketchy move, posting “Thats [sic] shit mate if you made this and they didn’t even credit you. I would be s[o] pissed off. Message the channel and tell them to credit you at least.”
His parting words, however, got to the heart of the matter and supported Nigaglioni’s decision to make the video in the first place: “Very funny and so true.”
