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)
—
Follow Zach Noble (@thezachnoble) on Twitter