#themeeps

[cupcake344789]

Meet the Meeps! (Part 1)

The Meeps inhabit an exotic and fantastical world. They're a band all the way from England. They're all different but what brought them together is that they love music and it was any kind of music. They just started out and they moved over from London to Los Angeles which is super exciting for them. These five soft toy animals who got together through their shared love of music and try to turn their dreams of being the best rock band in the world into a reality. Although the Meeps inhabit an exotic and fantastical world, their story is rooted in dilemmas, dramas, and personal disputes of an actual contemporary young rock band and countless other bands throughout history who have gone down the same road in search of success and fortune. It's a totally relatable story, one which generations of creative, ambitious young people have embarked on. We follow the Meeps as they audition for new band members, begin writing songs, start rehearsals, perform their first few disastrous gigs, sign up with a hopeless manager and set off and tour. We see the stresses and strain of their different personalities creating tension which eventually threatens the very existence of the band.

Members

Axel (tiger, lead singer) [voiced by Lamar Morris] Jazz (arctic fox, keyboardist, supporting singer) [voiced by Jess Robinson]

Brendan (giraffe, guitarist, songwriter) [voiced by Lewis MacLeod]

Mackenzie (sheep, bass guitarist) [voiced by Pippa Evans] Rafael (moose, drummer) [voiced by Rasmus Hardiker]

Martin (porcupine, DJ, producer) [voiced by Joshua C Jackson]

Here’s a link to a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcgIsV1OdiNndO8Cd08Zlod1KBIXqSH1d

I can already tell that this movie is going to be awesome! And yes, I'm waiting very patiently with no complaints at all.

[garr9988]

You cannot convince me that this video's high view count isn't at least half sourced from bots.

It's a good song and decent animation, which would usually have all the makings of a viral video. But I never saw this trending, haven't heard this (admittedly good) song anywhere. Neither it nor the movie it's connected to show up in Google results, and despite 51 Million views in 2 months, hardly anyone is talking about it on Tumblr or Twitter. And despite such a high view count, the promotional tweets and retweets have barely any attention.

Most of the Instagram & YouTube comments for an English song (with no closed captions, English or otherwise) for a movie with a British cast are in Spanish? And a lot of the Instagram posts are advertising the song over and over with nothing new to them. "Hey, we have a thing! Look at it! It exists! :D"

This movie's been in production for a while at least, since 2 years ago a guy named Trevor Wall posted a very similar animation for a band also called The Meeps comprised of nearly the same animals. It seems like a prototype animation to gauge interest (even if the final product is entirely different).