Let’s be honest, we’ve all done it.
Karaoke is widespread. At parties, at bars, at the club, or even in your living room! Your favorite song comes on – and cue the performance.
It’s no surprise that lip-syncing challenges have become viral across social media. A recent trend? Police and fire departments daring one another to step up to the plate.
Enter the Paris, Texas Fire Department.
In a cinematic video contribution uploaded to YouTube, they come through ‘like a wrecking ball’, literally. And with over two million views and rising, these men are turning up the heat on the competition and setting the bar high.
The video features a room full of slumbering firemen, each entertaining his own dream. The firemen are cozy and content, sleeping in their quarters, with small smiles gracing their faces. But just what are they dreaming about? The video pans into the first fireman’s dream.
First up, a rendition of Miley Cyrus’ hit “Wrecking Ball”.
Several firefighters begin to serenade the camera, lip-syncing the song. One of them lounges longingly with one of the shiniest axes we’ve ever seen. And shortly after, another firefighter steals the screen – swinging in shirtless on, yes that’s right, a wrecking ball. The video continues by panning to the next fireman’s dream.
Next, the firefighters are rolling down the highway lip-syncing to George Straight’s classic 1984 single, “The Fireman”.
The clip features a quick roll down the road, the driver singing, as well as two firefighters sitting in the seat behind him. They lip-sync the classic and quite fitting lyrics, “I can cool them down when they’re smoking hot, I’m a fireman”.
The following dream features the squad getting down to Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder”.
The scene invites the fire department’s mascot, Sparky the dalmatian, to come out and play in the waterworks with them. As the song plays and the hoses jet water, the firefighters dance and lip-sync with soaking wet t-shirts.
Cue to a fireman who is taking a shave in the bathroom mirror. As he’s applying the foam to his face he muses about the local police department, wondering if they actually think the fire department is as cool as they really are.
The video answers that question with more humor, cutting to a scene with the police in their car.
One officer shifts through the music stations on the car’s radio, cycling through all the songs lip-synced thus far. He lands on “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. As the two cops see a firetruck race by in front of them, they point and sing the lyrics, ‘there goes my hero’. With a nod to the original music video, the cops’ faces are even dusted with powdered donuts.
In the epic conclusion, we’re left with a rendition of Aqua’s 1997 hit “Barbie Girl”.
In the final scene, all of the firemen are awakened by a resounding bell for a fire call. They jump out of bed and snap into action to tend to the situation. We’re left with one final shirtless fireman, sweeping through the empty sleeping quarters in a tutu. He dances around and lip-syncs in the absence of his colleagues. He slides down the pole into the garage, twirling in between firetrucks until the record scratches and he realizes he’s being watched by the entire department.
The video concludes with fire department thanking the PD for the challenge before they pass the torch on.
Ready to see how the Paris, Texas Fire Department turns up the heat? Get in on all the fun in the video below!
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