As our technologies and gadgets rapidly advance, the trends in every community are also dynamically changing to keep pace with the new world. From simple photographs to the non-ending self-portraits (which we commonly known as selfies), we always find a way to spice things up so do not be shocked if you noticed that your social media feeds are getting packed with short clips of your friends lip-syncing to famous lines by celebrities.
Dubsmash is a popular mobile application that allows a person to show his or her creativity to the world by lip-syncing a soundtrack taken from a popular movie, television show, song or online meme. It can be considered as the child of the once popular application “Vine” together with the other applications that bear the same feature such as Musical.ly.
The remarkable features of the application piqued not only the public’s interest but also some of the well-known personalities such as the model Cara Delevingne, Jennifer Lopez, One Direction’s Liam Payne, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, and the Kardashians-Jenner family which made the app more popular until it has become a cultural phenomenon worldwide.
Dubsmash can be considered as the Lip Sync Battle of social media. Dubsmash is a lip-syncing app that allows smartphone users to recreate movie scenes and create dubbed music videos that have been downloaded more than ten million times. Meanwhile, Lip Sync Battle is an American television series where varieties of celebrities pair up to do battle each week using lip sync as their weapon to outdo each other. The said application has made it possible for the ordinary person to try his/her hand at acting or singing while retaining the voice of the original performer
As the number of your viewer or supporter increases, your influence over people also rise; this makes the application a great way to start a career. A renowned example for this is the one and only Maine Mendoza of Santa Maria, Bulacan. The mentioned actress earned the title “Queen of Dubsmash” in the year 2015. Due to the discovery of her talent, she earned a great success. She played the role Yaya Dub on Eat Bulaga!’s “Juan for All, All for One” segment which made her career bloom. She also became the lead model of various commercials like Tide, McDonald’s, Magnolia, 555 Tuna, and many more. She also became an instant actress. Maine Mendoza became a part of some movie. Approximately, she had three movies.
Maine Mendoza has done several television series with his partner, Alden Richards, including two movies, two Eat Bulaga! drama specials and one teleserye. Their love team had caught the heart of every television viewers.
Even the simplest things in life can bring you success so take every opportunity that you will come in your way.