Meet Alex Aiono, a 20-year-old singer from Arizona. He's a YouTuber who records covers of popular songs and shares them with his 900,000-plus subscribers.
His latest cover, of Drake's "One Dance", mixes the track with a popular Latin pop song, "Hasta el Amanecer" by Nicky Jam. It's received a lot of love, and has had over 4 million views. Aiono told BuzzFeed News, "I thought it would be tight to sing something in Spanish. Nicky Jam is the man."
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Yesterday, a tweet sharing the video of Aiono's Drake cover went viral, with over 80,000 retweets so far.
holy shit yall i actually fucking choked when he started singing in spanish https://t.co/6cG0ZZiwpH
And as Aiono's cover has blown up, it's become clear that people have a lot of ~feelings~ about his version...
@hslaurent
...and they're making their love for Aiono, and his cover, very clear.
you really get pregnant watching this and we alllllllll pregnant https://t.co/toVjo8P4iN
Maybe a little too much.
@hslaurent OH FUCK
Some people have even joked that they have their wedding gowns ready.
who's this guy where does he live how do i marry him https://t.co/I4B2ndn3fy
People are especially loving the part of his cover when he flips the song and sings in Spanish...
when he says mamacita 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/aiPCG8WdOh
That transition from English to Spanish had my world SHOOK https://t.co/ZgOtkm7eD3
I died when he starting doing the cover, then I started decomposing when he started singing in Spanish https://t.co/hk516kMhCR
...and many are saying they prefer Aiono's version to Drake's original.
Petition to take the song away from drake and give it to him https://t.co/aIrFIlmGoW
He sings better than drake he's so hot https://t.co/Hlq2eWn5QO
Drake better watch out. 👀
Drake about to make a whole diss record about this guy. https://t.co/fAiPHcVvJd
Aiono told BuzzFeed News, that he loves all his supporters.
Please never stop doing covers, Alex <3
