Do you remember Bilal Goregen? Last year, Bilal Goregen, a visually-impaired musician, performed his rendition of Ievan Polkka - a popular Finnish song from the 1930s - and the video was uploaded on YouTube. In October 2020, a social media user photoshopped an animated clip of a cat "vibing" to Bilal's music in the video, and that scenario led to …
Little did Turkish street musician Bilal Göregen know that he’d become one of the biggest memes of 2020 by playing darbuka on a park bench. For those who are unfamiliar with the artist or the meme that came after, visually impaired Bilal performed a cover of “Ievan polkka" — a popular Finnish song from the 1930s. Bilal’s video, however, garnered …