Step aside 'Stun like vegetable', 'Louder than the Lambo' is the latest S'pore catchphrase

"Can you hear our echo? Louder than the Lambo."

Tan Xing Qi| August 18, 04:46 PM

Ladies and jennermen, looks like Chen Tianwen's Unbelievable has finally met its match in the form of a SG50 music video full of materialistic excesses called Lingo Lingo Where You Go.

The real star of the video is not Tosh Zhang

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nor boobs

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but the incredulous lyrics penned by Tosh Zhang, B.E.C Bunz, Isukuta Wen Han and Shawn Tan.

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Meaning: A comparative expression that doesn't really mean anything. Commonly used by Millennials whose idea of Singapore is one of Lambos, Ferraris and private jets.

Example: "Wah your dressing is louder than the Lambo siol." or "Your lyrics louder than the Lambo sia."

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That L to the I to the NGO

That word of the nation

Everybody knows

Straight outta Singapore

With our leh, lor, lah

Steady pom pi pi to

that eh wah eh wah eh wah

Behasa Melayu, Chinese, Tamil, English

Mix them together, tell me what you get?

Singlish

Variety of flavours

Like a bowl of rojak

So unique what we speak here in Singapura

Can you hear our echo?

Louder than the Lambo

Represent who we are

Our heartbeat and our soul

Where you go?

Lingo lingo

Where you go?

Lingo lingo

This Singlish of our own

Will you hold it closer or let it go?

Lingo lingo

Here we go

Lingo lingo

This city of our own

Let's show the world

This is Singapore

Boom boom boom oh oh x 2

Wassup lah leh loh

This is how we roll

Boom boom boom oh oh x 2

Walao you bojio

This that lingo lingo boom bap ish (Har? wut?)

Want the world to know

We represent that ish

5 stars and a crescent

On my flag that is

Red and white so bright

Burning up that is

So deep in the heartlands where we grew up

Northside Woodlands, can you stand up?

Westside Jurong, time to turn up

Eastside Pasir Ris, now put your hands up

Can you hear our echo?

Louder than the Lambo

Represent who we are

Close to my heart

Do you hear the echo?

Resonate with the world

Half a century old

Ready to glow

Where you go?

Lingo lingo

Where you go?

Lingo lingo

This Singlish of our own

Will you hold it closer or let it go?

Lingo lingo

Here we go

Lingo lingo

This city of our own

Let's show the world

This is Singapore

Boom boom boom oh oh x 2

Wassup lah leh loh

This is how we roll

Boom boom boom oh oh x 2

Walao you bojio

I love my Singlish

Just like my Ferrari (We'd definitely love a Ferrari. If we have one!)

And my Mee Rebus, Teh Peng and Curry

You can't stop me

You better follow me

That's right

We are the people

The world should know

Hashtag

StyloMilo

Enjoy our show

Where you go?

Lingo lingo

Where you go?

Lingo lingo

This Singlish of our own

Will you hold it closer or let it go?

Lingo lingo

Here we go

Lingo lingo

This city of our own

Let's show the world

This is Singapore

Boom boom boom oh oh x 2

Wassup lah leh loh

This is how we roll

Boom boom boom oh oh x 2

SG50 (emphasis ours)

We're not certain what Lambo has got to do with Singlish but hey, it rhymes with echo! As someone who is fluent in Singlish - this song doesn't sound Singlish. It's like throwing in a bunch of random French words into a song and calling it a French song. Baguette, croissant, oui oui. Foux du Fa Fa. Non.

Also starring in the video is a bevy of Lambos and Ferraris which kinda made no sense at all because our national mode of transport is definitely the Bus or MRT.

Thus, it should be "Can you hear our echo. Louder than the train fault."

 

Despite having WTF lyrics, this video is gaining the eyeballs because of you know what.

lingo 5

lingo 4

lingo 3

lingo 2

lingo 1

Because of lens flares and lights. What else were you thinking?

And of course teenage heart throb Tosh Rock doing his thang.

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We'd like to show you the entire video but it has been set to private.

H/T: Coconuts Singapore.

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