People are recreating Phil Collins' iconic 'In The Air Tonight' drums from home on TikTok

31 March 2020, 16:24

People are recreating Phil Collins' iconic 'In The Air Tonight' drums
People are recreating Phil Collins' iconic 'In The Air Tonight' drums. Picture: YouTube / Phil Collins / Tik Tok / @frankandtracy / @michaeljmca

By Sian Moore

When you've got a kitchen full of pots, pans and cupboards that sound *exactly* like the drums in Phil Collins' hit tune, it'd be rude not to...

Self-isolation seems to be inspiring new internet trends every day – and now Phil Collins' legendary drumming from his song 'In The Air Tonight' is under the spotlight (it was only a matter of time, really).

Cupboards, kitchenware, and essentially anything that slams – or can be struck to create a bang – are being used to recreate that climactic drum moment in Collins' hit tune.

The Story of... 'In the Air Tonight' by Phil Collins

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With most new online fads these days, the origins seem to start on one particular social media platform: TikTok.

Just cast your mind back to earlier this year when the internet was ablaze with people texting relatives, friends and partners the lyrics to Matthew Wilder's 'Break My Stride', to see if they'd recognise that they were, in fact, just song lyrics.

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The criteria for this internet craze is pretty simple – just make sure you don't damage your kitchen too much in the process...