Pomplamoose () is an American musical husband-and-wife duo composed of multi-instrumentalist Jack Conte and singer-songwriter and bassist Nataly Dawn. Formed in 2008, the duo sold about 100,000 songs online in 2009.
They are known for their viral YouTube videos and covers of popular songs As of November 2022, they had more than 1.53 million subscribers and over 430 million views on their YouTube channel. Their first song, "Hail Mary", was featured on YouTube's front page.
Their videos mostly take the form of "VideoSongs", a medium Conte defines with two rules:
- What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)
- If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds)
Etymology
The name of the band derives from a misspelling of the French word pamplemousse (pronounced [pɑ̃pləmus]), meaning grapefruit.
History
On April 11, 2010, the band was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Conte discussed the "glitz-free" manner in which they record:
I guess I kinda don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture, it just feels fake; it feels like smoke and mirrors. I feel like music doesn't have to be like that.
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