A viral video of a man that looks like Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears on the social media platform of 9GAG, gaining massive reactions from users, dubbing him as "Yi Long Musk" or the Chinese counterpart. The video shows the person having almost the exact facial features as the CEO, with his hair styled the same as the original Musk, and driving a Tesla electric vehicle.
Elon Musk Lookalike from China 'Yi Long Musk' Goes Viral
A viral post in 9GAG is now taking the internet by a storm, and this is because it takes on the form of one of the most popular meme kings and billionaires in the present, the Tesla CEO, Elon Musk. Some users have been calling this CEO lookalike from China "Yi Long Musk," a name that is not necessarily Chinese but made to sound Asian with the hint of Musk's last name.
@eternal_vogue #elonmusk #twins ♬ 原聲 - Peter
A Twitter user (@radesguerra) has shared the viral post, using the dubbed name of the Chinese lookalike version of the CEO.
Yi Long Muskhttps://t.co/NXTWFcb1oG
— rad🪐 (@radesguerra) December 15, 2021
The video shows the man being interviewed by a person from a crop from a TikTok video. The original clip shows that of the Chinese twin of the CEO from a user named @eternal_vogue. The video shows the Chinese man speaking in his local dialect fluently, undeniably a local in the area.
Another known impersonator of the SpaceX CEO is the popular TikTok user called "Bong Villanueva" from the Philippines, which has a facial resemblance to the known executive.
Is 'Yi Long Musk' a Deepfake Recreation of the CEO?
As per the 9GAG post, many people think that the video of Elon Musk's twin from China is a deep fake video. However, the more evident clip from the original TikTok post has shown the seamless and clean look of the lookalike of the person.
It is worth noting that Deepfakes are extremely convincing of the many technologies it uses to scan a person's facial feature before having them pasted onto another person's face like a green screen. Nevertheless, the video should be taken with a grain of salt, especially as many viral things on the internet can be duped or faked easily.
Elon Musk, the King of Memes
The Tesla CEO is known as the Techno King and Meme King of the company, but people also consider him one of the most relatable executives of the world now. Musk's meme personality made him of the prominent believers of one of the cryptocurrencies based on memes, the Dogecoin, which is growing in the market now.
Nevertheless, the CEO is now the 2021 TIME Magazine Person of the Year, a massive recognition of his works and efforts on his personable attitude and contributions to society. Musk is known to advocate for clean energy and equal opportunities for all.
Not only that, but he is also an advocate for multi-planetary life and his company, SpaceX, bringing humans to Mars for the first time.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
