{"id":20111,"date":"2017-07-28T09:22:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=20111"},"modified":"2017-07-28T10:28:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:28:35","slug":"watch-the-baylor-mens-choir-go-coconuts-and-then-go-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/07\/watch-the-baylor-mens-choir-go-coconuts-and-then-go-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Baylor Men’s Choir “go coconuts” — and then go viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you opened Facebook at all last week, you probably saw this viral video<\/a> of a men\u2019s choir group \u201cgo coconuts\u201d on an Emirates flight. Posted a week ago today, the video has already been viewed more than 12 million times on social media.<\/p>\n

That choir was none other than the Baylor University Men\u2019s Choir<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The video was taken after the plane had touched down from Kenya, where the 75 students had been serving on a summer mission trip. The students wanted to do something to thank the flight crew, so after the plane landed and passengers had left, they took a few minutes to perform a crowd favorite: an iconic song from the Philippines, \u201cThe Coconut Song<\/a>.\u201d An Emirates crew member recorded the performance, and the airline shared it on social media — quickly generating millions of views across Facebook<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n