00:00Remember the Walmart Yodeling Kid?
00:08In 2018, Mason Ramsey became one of the most recognizable faces on the internet
00:12after a video of him yodeling Hank Williams' lovesick blues in a Walmart went viral.
00:17That clip turned the boy from small-town Illinois into the Walmart Yodeling Kid,
00:21a meme that led to late-night appearances, festival stages, and record deals.
00:24But viral fame is sometimes a short runway,
00:26and Mason has had to navigate the gap between internet novelty and working musician.
00:30So, what happened to the Walmart Yodeling Kid and where is he now?
00:34On March 24, 2018, 11-year-old Mason posted his performance from a Walmart in Harrisburg, Illinois.
00:39It wasn't his first time singing there.
00:41Locals already knew him for his Hank Williams impressions.
00:44But this video spread far beyond Southern Illinois,
00:46racking up millions of views on YouTube, Twitter, and everywhere else.
00:49The performance had everything.
00:51A crisp white shirt, a red bow tie, black cowboy boots tapping to the beat,
00:54and the surreal backdrop of a Walmart cleaning aisle.
00:57Remixes, edits, and memes poured in.
00:59Twitter users compared him to tired SpongeBob,
01:01joked about is your child texting about acronyms,
01:04and helped push Hank Williams' 1949 recording of lovesick blues up over 2,000% in streams,
01:09landing at number three on Spotify's viral 50 chart.
01:12Within weeks, Mason went from viral kid to late-night guest.
01:15On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, he explained that he'd sung in Walmart like 50,000 times
01:19because it was the only store around.
01:21Ellen then surprised him with a slot at his dream venue, the Grand Ole Opry.
01:28Oh my gosh!
01:29Soon after, he signed with Atlantic Records and Big Loud, headlined in Nashville,
01:33crowd-surfed on an inflatable horse, and even hit the stage at Coachella with DJ Weffen.
01:37In 2019, Mason released his debut album, Twang, featuring the single Before I Knew It.
01:42The track had a second life in 2022 when TikTok rediscovered it.
01:45Around that time, fans spotted Mason working at a subway, which sparked a wave of support for him
01:49as a regular kid still chasing his dream.
01:51He kept at it.
01:52In 2023, he released the EP Falls Into Place and played a sold-out show in New York City.
01:56By then, fans were commenting on his glow-up, saying he hadn't lost his yodeling touch.
02:01In 2024, at 17 years old, Mason dropped his first full-length album, I'll See You In My Dreams.
02:10That summer, he performed his single Blue Over You with Lana Del Rey during her concert at Fenway Park in Boston.
02:16I lost you, thought I had you, thought you were never real.
02:24Now 19, Mason is still touring and performing in 2025.
02:27In July, he posted a clip harmonizing with other singers on Lovesick Blues, the same song that first catapulted him into meme history.
02:33You can follow Mason Ramsey on Instagram and TikTok at Mason Ramsey, where he's still posting content and still yodeling.
02:39Lord, I don't know what I'll do. All I do is sit and sigh, oh Lord.
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