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Chris Sawyer
@chrissawyer.bsky.social
Creator of fun things for Joe Lycett, Goalhanger, Channel 4, Sky Arts, and anyone who wants to do something stupid. Ex-Radio 1 Breakfast. Dorset Knob. Often underdressed. Queer AF.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Has Bad Bunny ever called a switchboard in his life? Was he a phone engineer in a past life? Was one of the 47 people who made this song? Is someone having a little joke. Why is no one else looking into this?!

(Maybe cos there are bigger things to worry about, Chris?)

Oh shush!
January 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Have a listen to the start of the song.

WHAT IS THAT SOUND?!
January 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is NICHE. I only know about DTMF cos I used to work in radio and once used an app that makes the noises (for Game Of Phones on Radio 1 if anyone remembers that??)

Now, it takes two seconds to find out that DTMF is OF COURSE an abbreviation of something else.

Or is it...
January 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So DTMF is the world’s most streamed song at the moment. And no one else ON THE WHOLE INTERNET has mentioned this, so I’m probably wrong. But...

...when I first saw the letters DTMF my inner nerd thought, “what, DTMF, as in TOUCH TONES??”
January 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have a theory about why the new Bad Bunny song is called "DTMF" but it’s so nerdy I’m almost scared to post it.

I think it's to do with the beeps your phone makes when you have to “press 2 to speak to reception” or whatever. Hear me out…
January 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have emerged onto Bluesky for your amusement
November 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM