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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.
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
That is phone tones made into a song, right?? It sounds like I'm paying my council tax bill (shout out to UK council tax payers).

(Also, Newham Council, get the internet please?!)

Right, have a lost my mind? Entirely happy if the answer is yes.
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