Sao Paulo
When a Luiz Gonzaga song comes on, few people can stay still. A video that went viral on social media is proof of this and shows that there is no minimum age to be infected by the power of good music. In it, a baby reacts to the King of Baião’s accordion, completely changing his facial expression and opening a smile as soon as “Numa Sala de Reboco” begins to play.
The baby is little Thiago Almeida from Paraíba, who his parents filmed when he was ten months old today he is already two years old. In an interview with Jornal da Paraíba, the parents explain that they played songs by Luiz Gonzaga so that their son could sleep and that he had listened to a lot of forró since he was a child.
The original post has already surpassed 1 million likes on TikTok and more than 10 million views. The little one’s dancing and swaying as he listened to the music won the hearts of many netizens.
The video caught the attention of artists such as Elba Ramalho and Flávio José, as well as Fátima Marcolino, the daughter of the song’s composer, Zé Marcolino. “Imagine, my joy, if my father were the composer of the song? That this sweet thing dances…” Fátima wrote in one of the many posts of the video on Instagram.