Once in awhile, amid our obsession with success in science, tech, the economy, etc, we get reminded of some great talent in the arts.

Like this video of a group of five Singaporean dancers in a choreographed routine to Tapau, a song by local rapper ShiGGa Shay:

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Now, typically dancers choreograph routines to a wide range of pretty much any Western song; more popular hits attract more streams of video recordings of these routines.

But here's a take on a local song that works like kaya and cold butter on toast, and we're loving it:

Like this perfectly-timed play out of all the drinks and food mentioned in the chorus of the song (watch from 0:55 of the clip above)

We also want to be able to do roundhouse kicks like this:

BRB, learning this sequence now:

It also caught the attention (and endorsement) of Shigga Shay himself:

We think this is almost as good as the original music video from Shigga Shay, which you can watch here in case you couldn't catch any of the lyrics:

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It falls short chiefly, and we'd say only, because of this badass auntie:

Support local, guys. We're pretty darn awesome.

Top photo: screenshot from video by Benjamin Yeo

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