The now-infamous Walmart yodeling boy is set to take the stage at Coachella.
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The must-see act of Coachella 2018’s first weekend: The Walmart yodeling kid, Mason Ramsey.
After Ramsey became a YouTube sensation with his plaintive yodeling in the aisles of an Harrisburg, Illinois Walmart, the 11-year-old graduated to the Coachella stage alongside DJ Whethan on Friday afternoon.
The place went nuts.
yo @whethanmusic just brought out the yodel kid at coachella!! ??? pic.twitter.com/BIBqv3UEFo
— paul.psd (@pauldonatelli) April 13, 2018
Whethan invited Ramsey to join him at the trendy desert festival after pointing out the similarity between the two in a tweet April 3, “Stop saying I look like the walmart yodel kid.”
stop saying I look like the walmart yodel kid
— Whethan (@whethanmusic) April 4, 2018
Ramsey announced on Instagram that he was joining Whethan at Coachella.
“Can’t wait to see California again! Hope y’all are ready cause we’re bringing the country to @coachella ? Will be on at 2:45 in the Sahara Tent with Whethan.”
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Ramsey took the stage Friday showing off an oversized cowboy hat, an even bigger belt buckle and that voice.
Walmart Yodel kid is 100% dead serious playing Coachella and I’m retiring from music
— Mike From The Local Scene (@lowkeyscorcese) April 13, 2018
did u even go to coachella if u don’t have a pic of walmart yodel kid
— no uh (@mssingnoah) April 13, 2018
A second set of Yodel Kid songs was deemed “the most 2018 thing that will ever happen in 2018.”
yodel boy coming out for post malones set at coachella is the most 2018 thing that will ever happen in 2018
— cloutia (@alexmatherly) April 13, 2018
So we can all pretty much go home now.
Ramsey appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday and performed the song that made him famous: Hank Williams’ Lovesick Blues.
When DeGeneres asked why he chose to perform in his Walmart, his quick response drew laughter: “Because that’s the only store we’ve got,” he said of his hometown, population 700.
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The talk show host then surprised Ramsey with the announcement that he will perform at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry on Saturday.
“Oh my,” the boy exclaimed, wiping tears from his eyes.
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