Who is Ling Ling? (A Beginner's Guide to TwoSet Episode 1)

[@RamadaArtist]

"Who is Ling Ling?" "If you have to ask you aren't practicing enough."

[@msmlolmanpolybrige0335]

funny enought ling ling as a character from a tv animation series wich i think it was something like the house of the drowings? something like that

[@saltkopp9694]

Be quiet i just got the thing out of it’s case then I watched this oops

[@areyoukirringmeirriyaa]

LMFAO

[@swivelkeyring3512]

I thought this is a video from the official channel lol

[@AldricTinker]

I did not realise it wasn’t until I came across your comment! And this is my second time watching. 🤣🤣🤣

[@yamzmaam]

Bro me too 😂😂😂

[@tudorspeed1189]

Sameee😂

[@seraphinee-]

I didn't realize until i saw your comment! Such bamboozled!

[@anacarolinaanduray6494]

I also didn't realize till I read your comment, hahahaha.

[@zombieattackmc5276]

Ling Ling would know who Ling Ling is without even watching an explanation video

[@adevva._]

Who is ling ling

[@rodrigoalvarado9524]

@@adevva._ Yea... and you.. you can't even figure it out after watching it.

[@nassimbenhadid1467]

what if ling ling is ling ling ... ... fwetchiiiiiw !!!!

[@sheryl6684]

Deep

[@neroquin]

Sadly I'm not Ling Ling

[@pumpkingamebox]

Ching Ching and Ling Ling is basically "Always remember that there is an Asian who's better than the Asian who's better than you."

[@LkFia_]

Man

[@ught2304]

gracias men

[@surprisedpikachu3301]

wait this actually put it really well thats exactly what Ling Ling is omg

[@alexanderyoon3049]

if you can ling ling slowly you can ling ling quickly

[@whosaidthat84]

That's AMAZING!

[@poppy7186]

i just watched that vid and oml 💀

[@nxncy]

Sounds dirty

[@neamtu7067]

🤙Wolf Gang🤙

[@marsmallow_17]

hahahahha

[@fildzah2602]

Seriously. TwoSet Community is so unique that it could be a subject for virtual-ethnographical research.

[@acryliceel]

"virtual-ethnographical research" is the best phrase i've read today

[@rodrigoalvarado9524]

waddaya mean

[@Ice-dy6fi]

virtual-ethnographical research LOL

[@Transitmaster8500]

Try diving into the Touhou fandom, creating literal terabytes worth of quality kinds of music and diverse genre, etc etc. It's a rabbit hole if you wanna see all of those fanmade works, it's endless; well, there's an end in it, but sure thing gonna take years to complete it But yeah, apart from that I totally agreed with your statement above, clearly a unique community

[@sharonjackson1408]

Omg! I know it's been two years, but I had to do an ethnography on an online community for my final project, and it's literally on the two-set community. I'm actually writing my paper right now, which is why I watched this video to see if I could provide more background to Lingling and other inside jokes ( :

[@namenam3]

i thought ling ling was a real person until now...

[@marywaters9821]

I would like your comment but I think it's perfect at 69

[@haruthebear6880]

I thought that they were talking about Ling Ling from drawn together

[@aquafreesh9219]

Yeah, it is. Look up Lang Lang. That’s the guy they make all the jokes about. Like the Ling Ling workout. It’s Lang Lang jokes.

[@hannaholmberg3054]

Same ... I googled him because I thought he was some famous musician or something xD

[@jysg6171]

Me too lol

[@ellicechen]

Normal people in quarantine: “quarantine is so boring” Lingling in quarantine: “oooo more time! Practice 400 hours a day!”

[@chocolatecake8274]

was this supposed to be funny?

[@darshan5044]

@@chocolatecake8274 yessssssss!!!

[@felizianosole896]

@@chocolatecake8274 ajaJ

[@do_haegh6178]

WHO'S LINGLING TOR GODSAKE?

[@MellowSePxi]

@@do_haegh6178 in my opinion of being a new fan, Ling Ling Is probably a term and description of a person who is excellent at certain instrument or talents

[@DanneoYT]

Ling Ling is the embodiment of the saying ‘There is always an Asian better than you’, a representation of all the prodigies

[@bahananahana3381]

In India, we call Ling Ling Sharma ji ka beta.

[@penguin123446678]

This analysis is so brilliantly written tbh. Im sooo sharing this to everyone

[@acryliceel]

Not going to lie, this analysis is actually ingeniously structured and defended. I am impressed with the logic and clarity with which these explainations are given. I didn't think there was much to be told in way of the origins and functions of the jokes I had taken for granted, but watching this video has made me really appreciate the history behind these jokes.

[@xijunwang4662]

Nice job lol. I never really struggled to understand the concept of Ling Ling myself, since I was subscribed to TwoSet when Ling Ling, or even before Ling Ling was born. Plus, I was Asian anyway, so the Asian mom videos were very relatable, and I just figured Ling Ling was Brett's mom's friend's prodigy kid. Can't imagine how it would feel to be new to the channel, and watch their videos only to have them throw around "interesting"s, "sacrilegious boi"s, "Ling Ling" though.

[@nousiaphiliaex9692]

Same!

[@sumtingwong5109]

"I was Asian anyway," TBH same, but I grew out of it when I was five

[@anushkapamarty3453]

"If you can play slow, you can play fast" lol

[@burningtears9882]

"aMaZing" comment

[@maggielin71]

The bottom part is me xD I'm pretty new to their channel so their inside jokes threw me off, but I'm starting to watch a lot of their vids and I can say surely that I understand most of the jokes now 😂

[@karinvasu3005]

viola jokes existed waaaay before twoset but lingling is the first original twoset joke

[@acryliceel]

While that is probably true, they've kind of become an integral part of the twoset community. Those poor violists can't catch a break. :')

[@SelftaughtAnimator]

I won't really call it original.. Such a character has already existed in Indian community for a long time.. I'm guessing it is true for all community that compare their children's to others..

[@clairev.g.7361]

Waoh.. wish this existed when I started being a Twosetter. 😂

[@butwhataboutemma]

ikr

[@kbcware]

Ling Ling is the Chuck Norris of classical music

[@melanie.buchelt_autorin]

TRUE!! 💪🏻

[@nagitoe3113]

So Ling Ling is that imaginary kid your Asian mom always compares you to and when you ask mom who tf that is she rage all over you.

[@alperendemirkaya3946]

"Who is Ling Ling?" "He practicing 40 ho..." *[Anger intensifies]*

[@trueaegi]

I always caught on to the fact that Ling Ling was supposed to be a play on the stereotype of Asian violin prodigies. I don't know, I just never got confused tbh and I only started watching them for a week now.

[@funkyfranx]

I’m with you, I understood pretty quickly after seeing a couple of their videos, plus the the hundreds of Ling Ling comments, that it was clearly just a meme

[@francisabernathy1587]

To understand some other twoset inside jokes I would recommend starting with: the ‘viola chronicles ‘ playlist, ‘the fastest and most inaccurate violinist in the world’, ‘ the new fastest violinist in the world, ‘Lang Lang performs on the jimmy falling show, and then just starting from the top and watching everything from there....

[@MonAhgasInsomniAroELF]

At first I thought Ling Ling was a real person, like some prodigy. But after watching more of their videos I realized they seemed to be a made-up character, but I still wasn't sure where it came from, so thank you for the explanation! I discovered 2set about a month or two ago so I am still working my way through all their videos. So when fans make videos like yours it really helps! Thanks again ❤

[@jacobmoya8664]

I can’t believe this is a channel

[@mavisdom-animeonpiano]

我是你爸爸Hey Siri lmao

[@leukl3730]

Believe it

[@claudiasoler7328]

I wish this video was made a couple of moths ago when I got into Twoset. I LITERALLY WATCHED DOZENS OF VIDEOS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO LING LING WAS... In the end I concluded that he didn't exist and got to the same points that are made in this video 'bout asian mothers and prodigies but man it was hard...

[@Incognitoネコ13]

Yeah i know, at first i was like who the bloody hell is Ling Ling and I even searched on KZbin. I found one violinist huang ling ling then realised oh no, Ling Ling is the epitome of virtuosic child prodigies out there, who sometimes makes a guest appearance by manifesting(or possessing) in Brett's body. hahaha kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJDNoaVqrL97mtE

[@yadiraceja8519]

OMG, SAME! I can't complain though, after so many vids I was hooked

[@sorestedhebytheTumtumtree]

Same.. I have to watch a lot of old vids randomly just to understand and find the origin of the joke.

[@itsjoeysedits9911]

“A physical manifestation of ling ling” is the funniest thing I’ve heard today

[@rbnutwood4659]

Oh dear, I thought he was a real violinist!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@kizairi6926]

As an asian, the moment I heard Ling Ling and seeing my first Ling Ling meme, I knew exactly what it meant. I havent watched TwoSetViolin before, but I knew what Ling Ling meant. Is this an asian thing? Lol

[@blubirdds]

rachelle anne probably? Or at least anyone with a tiger mum or close with an Asian community? I didn’t have a tiger mum (thankfully) but a lot of my friends did (ironically I actually did a lot better than them in school and music because I didn’t have the pressure)

[@jenniferhudgenz]

It is, I understood Ling Ling the very 1st time I heard it

[@dputra]

I think the name "Ling Ling" has some aura, like a super perfect yet ridiculous image of a person. Idk, it just intimidating when hearing the name.

[@icemarle]

Sorry, super late to the conversation. same here! I never heard of Twoset before but I came across Ling Ling memes elsewhere on reddit (not the official subreddit) and I kinda guessed that it stood for "that Asian prodigy" since it was a Chinese-sounding name. It just clicked. I'm Asian and grew up with all that comparing you to your peers to pressure you to do better BS, so having been in that situation made it even more hilarious. ...Then I found Twoset by accident and the rest was history.

[@ИринаАбилева]

Me toooo

[@princesoraru7268]

ling ling now appears in math workbooks, well she bought like 50 chocolate cakes on monday

[@indayrin9736]

This is actually a really good explanation tbh! Very accurate! And I've been in the fandom for a while now!

[@lingling40hours18]

"Who is Ling Ling?" Obviously I am Ling Ling.

[@lilyvedits]

its so funny how the only ways you can understand their jokes are either 1. bingeing all their videos till u get it 2. watch all their old skits and put the pieces together 3. watch a video like this otherwise you have no chance of understanding what they're talking about. maybe thats why this community is so great

[@paris5410]

I found Twosert violin after, for some reason, my Wattpad home screen suddenly filled with Breddy fanfictions and I had no idea how they got there or who they even were.

[@laurenhan1861]

Ling ling is my role model to get better in music...... And jokes........

[@achezz0324]

Thank you so much for this! I know this was made a year ago, but I started watching their videos like a week ago and I have understood most of their inside jokes/memes except for literally their biggest one which is Ling Ling 40 hours. Like I started understanding the concept of it, but this just made it so much easier to understand. So thanks again if you happen to read this ^^

[@ShalomDove]

You are the real MVP. As a brand new Twoset Fan, I am eternally grateful for this. 💜

[@rinno_mia]

I use this reasoning so that my brain would shut up whenever Ching Ching is mentioned: Maybe Ching Ching is Ling Ling's older sibling.You know, comparison exists within siblings as well. Their parents be like : " Your sister(/brother) can practice 80 hours a day, why you do 40 hours? " " Be like your sister (/brother)! "

[@penkakey2607]

How about Ming Ming and Ying Ying

[@Martin-yh7vi]

@@penkakey2607 when it goes to zing zing he/she can practice forever because he/she exists outside the laws of time lol 😂

[@philtanics1082]

Ling Ling invented robot voice so he didn't have to stop practicing to make videos.

[@Lily-je4zj]

A long time ago one of my primary teacher calls me Lingling, maybe they watch twosetviolin lol🤣

[@GoldenIP321]

I thought ling ling was a famous musician... I realized I confused ling ling with Lang Lang.

[@trianglearchives5776]

-As soon as Ling Ling was born, his mother gave him a violin and he played the flight of the bumblebee forward AND backwards. -When Ling Ling was only a year old, he conducted a whole orchestra and played a two octave chromatic scale on every instrument known to man -When Ling Ling was 5, he got accepted into Harvard, Princeton, Columbia University, and all the hardest colleges to get into and even beat the sun in a staring contest -When Ling Ling learned how to drive, he didn't just LEARN it. His vehicles ran on fear, not gas -When Ling Ling was battling in World War 1 and 2, he threw a grenade that killed as much as the population of Poland, Australia, and China combined. Then it exploded. -Ling Ling is god himself and there's no denying it

[@Zero-jd4uz]

Two set has the best inside jokes everrr😂

[@celestinebuendia]

I’m so glad that this exists. I’ve gotten all the other inside jokes through binges, but I could never find the origin of Ling Ling.

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

I don't think it was mentioned in the video, in case you're wondering, here is the first time Ling Ling appeared on the channel : "Different Type of Musician's Mothers" m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/epK9l3l_bbGce5Y .

[@darshjoshi1641]

Twoset needs to react to this!!!

[@stardustcoffee248]

This explained so much, I tried to look up Ling Ling, and I got a panda lol

[@QuicklyLiquid]

brett and eddie: "we dont understand gen z humor" also brett and eddie:

[@Chockitkat]

This video is amazing, it is like Kpop inside jokes explanation. *DOES THAT MEAN TWOSET IS A FUTURE KPOP GROUP???* 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@daniellbondad6670]

The TwoSet fanbase is exclusive in some ways. Ling Ling is simply described as the music world's equivalent of Chuck Norris.

[@xixich7387]

Uhhh I didn’t think people would actually struggle at this... I figured it out after 2 vids...

[@lungfelix2000]

Therefore, Ling Ling is a social construct

[@nousiaphiliaex9692]

Brilliant, Lingling would be proud of you for this lucid introduction to their identity xD

[@jamiedeleon500]

the moment you tell us about "ASIAN" and "mothers" now I get it. I definitely can't relate but as an ASIAN myself I definitely knew what did they mean about Ling ling now. New fan here 😅😂 The clip that I needed 😂

[@laurabuxel2718]

Hmm... this was InTerEStiNgG

[@rodrigoalvarado9524]

interesting/10

[@yingjiawan2514]

Lingling就是別人家的孩子。We have this meme in Chinese called “children from others’ family” lmao.

[@gruu]

I feel enlightened, now I can finally watch Twosetviolin with confidence xD

[@cjwoderstruck425]

The research! The editing! Thank you so much for this video!!!!

[@fluteloops14]

I literally just said "Who is Ling Ling?" After watching one of their videos. I exited the video and this was the first thing I saw!!! No joke! It's so funny!

[@snusmumricken]

Thank you for this, I've been watching them for a few years now yet still seem to have missed everything

[@nousiaphiliaex9692]

TwoSet 101 - I rate this an interesting out of ten

[@sonam6873]

Ling ling and the word sacrilegious are a must in almost every two set videos

[@BeDreamingTo]

Oh man, I needed this explanantion xD I'm pretty new to their channel and managed to figure out all the other inside jokes but couln't wrap my head around Ling Ling. Thanks for this :)

[@TheGalCantHelpIt]

And now I can look forward to finding out about their viola-induced rage! Time to subscribe for that update.

[@drpepperoni6]

Ling Ling is probably a parody of Lang Lang, a pianist who is a "Genius and a prodigy" playing the piano

[@hanz263]

nah, ling ling is a name a lot of people just assign to a fluid Chinese entity. For example, I've seen a meme that went: "Ling ling, time for dinner," with a dog on the plate.

[@kita9620]

At first when I first subbed to twoset, I was wondering who was lingling... and I searched for it on KZbin, but I found langlang instead

[@keybladesrus]

Thank you for this! I found their channel recently, and the Ling Ling thing was really confusing me. And yeah, the comment section is no help at all.

[@emmie1717]

0:34 Brett wtf! and also 0:38 is the most spectacular handstand ever, even ling ling can't do it.

[@shaddjimenez4524]

when I heard them talk about ling ling, I literally searched through spotify, youtube, and all over the internet to listen to his (thought he was a guy) playing and analyze it. 😂😂😂

[@shaddjimenez4524]

I also thought he said he practiced 40 hours a day in an interview or something, and that became the meme because it was a translation issue lol.

[@shaddjimenez4524]

I assumed many things, and I figured out he was fake when I saw no performance of him.

[@yrmsk_1924]

Oh god me too just now and found someone in yt ling ling huang i thought thats it im still confused who or what ling ling is

[@my-crazy-fantastic-fanatic]

Ling Ling is that neighbour's kid we all were compared to as Asian children. 😌

[@MsPea]

Please do a video that pays homage to Brett & Eddy's sometimes unique hairstyles. Their hair is commented on almost as much as their playing.

[@Walrussnor]

THANK YOU. I have been subscribed for so long yet I never understood who Ling Ling was.

[@lilatequila5]

Holy crap i am watching twoset for like 2 years and i honestly thought ling ling is a real violinist xD

[@andy.w]

I get it now, thank you very much! From my humble perspective, Ling Ling is basically Chuck Norris.

[@No-pm4ss]

I'm so happy I got to be part of this community early so I have all the inside jokes xD

[@MsKitcloudkicker]

This should be on their home YT section for all new fans like me!!! (Edit) though it was fun not knowing what lingling was at first

[@Johnadams20760]

thank you!!! i have watched these guys a lo tin the last coule years. and i couldn' tfigure it out. now it makes sense. i always thought maye the was some 5 year old girl violin super prodigy they based it on, but this now makes sense

[@sherentrynatania2428]

In what video ling ling first being mwntion in two set ?

[@anro_gaming]

if you have time to ask who is ling ling, then you definitely have time to practice 40 hours a day

[@muskanie2055]

Sharma ji ka ladka basically *literal translation - Mr. Sharma's son* PS: Indian joke

[@souradeepbhattacharya6107]

Boy you're having some real potent stuff.

[@ahquea6327]

Ling ling practices 40 hours a millisecond so smh

[@mikaelaraymond4690]

I was scared this would be yet another joke but it was really helpful, thanks! And I also really enjoyed all the analysis

[@grapesofwrath361]

This was legit helpful for me and I have seen every two set video

[@catshelley]

I sort of got it when I first heard it....and especially we do have a great pianist Lang Lang....

[@oieci9801]

Ohhhhh god dammit thank you, you benevolent force of youtube, may ling ling be with you

[@andrebenites9919]

I thought he was like the best violinist or something like Magnus Carlsen is for chess. I probably messed up with 2 other Asian stars in their field, Lang Lang (piano) and Shin Lin (Magic/ilusionism)

[@_alex3344]

Ling Ling is the king of music. He can play any instrument, without any sacrilegious suspicions.

[@irtap404]

Lingling is the Chuck Norris of the musicians

[@avacatto]

omg I thought it was one of the twosetviolin videos and I watched 2 minutes of it and was still waiting for Brett and Eddy to start the video

[@videl7372]

You two are a whole riot and a half

[@moveslikeninja1]

thank you for this!! i have binged so many twoset videos and still couldn't figure out who ling ling is and i didn't want to ask in the comments cause EVERYONE seemed to know the joke so it was embarassing lol

[@onlyonemitch5049]

Ling ling??? Somebody pick up the phone!😂

[@PanchoPonceN]

I always picture Ling-Ling from Drawn Together. He's that awesome.

[@zucklongshorman6504]

while watching this video KZbin has broken down, and now I believe ling-ling did it

[@LinhNguyen-en4ud]

In my language, there is similar phrase used by all the mothers :") It refer to a flawless unknown person who can do everything perfectly....

[@a.l8973]

Been binged watched them 40hours straight, Ling Ling insuranced

[@xandraxandra1437]

Waiting for the other explosions. 😉 Amazing... Practical... Sacraligus boi (can’t spell)... You are doing good, keep it up! 👍

[@sshep86]

There's a violinist called Ling Ling Huang on KZbin. I just presumed they meant her, she is pretty good. But I know nothing about music.

[@bassetts1899]

You're doing the lord's work

[@nicolelee269]

this is so funny...well done... I hope your using your wit...(sarcasm)... very funny vid...I have so much tears in eyes from laughing (I'm a Twoset fan so I understood who truly is Ling Ling....(it takes awhile to know the real meaning behind who ling ling is). some people just never quite understand! Tom..

[@keannapena4351]

Damn I wish I saw this when I was first discovering their channel 😂

[@franzfrancisco6349]

It's all cLear Tö mE nOw... I'VE BEEN ENLIGHTENED!!!

[@shurikencookies]

Thank you GLaDOS!!

[@Kill3rR0s3]

As a new fan you’re doing the best work here