Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "Do you think Donald Trump likes the song? In any case, the income from the song will help Springfield. Donald Trump has done Springfield and democracy a lot of damage with his lies."

Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "Do you think Donald Trump likes the song? In any case, the income from the song will help Springfield. Donald Trump has done Springfield and democracy a lot of damage with his lies."------- Neue Zürcher Zeitung Germany Trump's eaten pets as a catchy tune: The musician The Kiffness makes fun of the racist outburst Article by Carlo Mariani • 2 hours • 3 minutes reading time It's a catchy tune. Donald Trump's voice is manipulated and looped in the reggaeton style. Underlaid with a gentle Afrobeat. The musician The Kiffness plays lovely chords on the keyboard, adds a backing vocal and meows every now and then. The song is called «Eating the Cats ft. Donald Trump (Debate Remix)». It has already been viewed more than 8 million times on YouTube. The Kiffness will be performing in Zurich on Monday. The song is based on Trump's statements from the TV debate with Kamala Harris: "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're eating the cats." It is the conspiracy theory that in Springfield, a small town in Ohio, immigrants from Haiti eat the locals' pets. Harris shook his head in disbelief and laughed at Trump. There was also amusement on social media. In countless videos that have been viewed millions of times, Trump's brutal statement appears to frighten dogs and cats. They open their eyes wide and flinch. Other videos show pets being put in cooking pots or puppies being wedged into sandwiches. Self-made music star David Scott, who calls himself The Kiffness, created a particularly successful parody. In the video, Scott looks like an amateur musician, mid-30s, shoulder-length hair, shorts, cat t-shirt. He sits with a microphone and headphones on a mini keyboard in front of a wooden table with a computer and speakers on it. Like an electronic music nerd. The excerpt from the TV debate runs on a loop in the split screen. It is not Scott's first, well, cat video. Many of his songs consist of him taking the howling or meowing of a cat and adapting it as a melody in a song. He is a prime example of those self-made music stars who become famous through social networks. Scott made his breakthrough with encouraging films during Corona. It all starts with a sound. Whether it's a cat, a singing child or a man hitting a window. This is usually a meme that is already well known on the internet. This is then shown in the video, and the sound may be edited a little. Scott builds his song on this. After the chorus, the verse of "Eating the Cats" comes: "People of Springfield, please don't eat my cat. Why would you? Eat something else" and "People of Springfield, please don't eat my dog. Here's a list of other foods." Scott holds an A4 sheet of paper in front of the camera with the emojis for broccoli, sandwich and fried egg printed on it. Scott makes a sad face, like a beaten dog. During his performances, Scott projects Trump onto a screen behind him, the audience sings along, dances, films and posts the performance on social media. The matter is serious For the people of Springfield, however, Trump's failure has serious consequences. Because of Trump's racist remarks, bomb threats were received, the town hall had to be evacuated, the police have to protect children on their way to school, neo-Nazis march through the city and threaten Haitians. Anyone who listens to the song will forget that. Perhaps David Scott's song is a welcome, playful way of dealing with the noise produced by the American election campaign. To deal with the absurdity of this race, with the person of Trump. A strategy to rise above it all. Satire. Perhaps this form of stress management is needed. In the bridge of the song, Scott lets dogs and cats howl and whine in a particularly melodic way. And at the end, a frightened dog looks soundlessly into the camera. Incidentally, the proceeds from Scott's YouTube video go to Springfield. To an animal shelter.