The 1980s: the era of big hair, synths and the looming threat of a thermonuclear apocalypse.

The 2010s: the era of increasingly creative musicians covering classic songs in elaborate styles or with insane instruments.

Combine the two eras and you get something like this: a guy covering Nena's "99 Luftballons" using actual balloons as his instruments.

The music video was a song challenge, noted the musician, Andrew Huang.

"Thought about using 99 balloons but it worked with 4 so mehhh," Huang wrote in the video description.

Here's the original 1983 hit:

(H/T: Jezebel)

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