It is no surprise that music has always bought people together.
A viral video showing a bunch of commuters in the New York Subway singing ‘I want it that way’ by the Backstreet Boys has filled the internet with smiles and all sorts of nostalgia.
Had a really tough week and tonight I was the subway and some guy walks between train cars, shirtless, bumping a speaker. I wasn’t in the mood for Showtime particularly. But sometimes people and life surprise you and a little magic happens. pic.twitter.com/S7o4282SOS
— Joel Wertheimer (@Wertwhile) June 17, 2019
The video, which was viewed more 2.5 million times was posted on Twitter by an advocate who was also part of this singalong. The video has a shirtless man playing the song on a speaker and everyone on the commute joined in singing that song.
The advocate mentioned that he was having a ‘really tough week’ and seeing everyone singing the song together made him feel that ‘sometimes, people and life surprise you and a little magic happens.’
Clearly, the internet was very happy.
Seeing complete strangers, of all different races and backgrounds, bonding together in this fashion puts the biggest smile on my face.
— Sergio P (@SergHooo) June 17, 2019
Music transcends and connects.
— good vibes lang (@allgoodvibe) June 17, 2019
Going through my 3rd miscarriage and feeling pretty down. But this made me smile. Thank you for posting it 🥰
— Valentina Sorpresa (@marraine_boutiq) June 21, 2019
So wholesome.
— Martin (@Arhke) June 29, 2019
Every time I see videos like these I miss New York so much.
— Sarah Ryan (@annytwelve) June 17, 2019
This video was also viewed by the Backstreet Boys themselves and they re-shared the tweet quoting ‘They live for moments like these.’
We live for moments like this 🙌🖤 https://t.co/30ghKwteA5
— Backstreet Boys (@backstreetboys) June 18, 2019
Even though not everybody here was in synk, this video has just made our inner kid rejoice.
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