{"id":74144,"date":"2022-02-24T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=74144"},"modified":"2022-02-24T12:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T12:48:01","slug":"altego-continue-to-celebrate-their-viral-tik-tok-smash-toxic-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/02\/altego-continue-to-celebrate-their-viral-tik-tok-smash-toxic-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"ALT\u00c9GO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THEIR VIRAL TIK TOK SMASH &#8216;TOXIC PONY&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rising DJs ALT\u00c9GO\u2019s global hit \u2018Toxic Pony\u2019 is showing no signs of slowing down. Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/altegomusic.lnk.to\/ToxicPony\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twin brothers ALT\u00c9GO originally posted the video combining Britney Spears\u2019 \u2018Toxic\u2019, and Ginuwine\u2019s \u2018Pony\u2019 on TikTok, which soon took the platform by storm garnering over 16 million views. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mashup has become a worldwide sensation, and is currently sitting at\u00a0 #1 in the UK Spotify viral chart, #6 in the Global Viral Chart, and has amassed 2.7 million video creations on TikTok alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track has even been used by celebrities and influencers everywhere including <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bellapoarch\/video\/7060610365205400879\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bellapoarch\/video\/7060610365205400879\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Poarch<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@addisonre\/video\/7055094479929347375\" target=\"_blank\">Addison Rae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@fallontonight\/video\/7055480567449718063\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@fallontonight\/video\/7055480567449718063\"> Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Coolidge<\/a>, and even <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZr3nBHt0eh\/\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a> herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZr3nBHt0eh\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The huge viral smash \u2018Toxic Pony\u2019 looks set to be a UK chart topper and is sure to cement ALT\u00c9GO\u2019s position as a key artist to watch for 2022. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow ALT\u00c9GO online on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/altego_music\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@altegomusic?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising DJs ALT\u00c9GO\u2019s global hit \u2018Toxic Pony\u2019 is showing no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Rising DJs ALT\u00c9GO\u2019s global hit \u2018Toxic Pony\u2019 is showing no signs of slowing down.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,640],"tags":[28763,373,28764,77,370,1945,28766,24470,28765,28762,372,81],"class_list":["post-74144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-videos","tag-altego","tag-britney-spears","tag-ginuwine","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-pony","tag-tiktok","tag-toxic","tag-toxic-pony","tag-twins","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-jhS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70987,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/08\/ryan-and-pony-start-making-sense\/","url_meta":{"origin":74144,"position":0},"title":"Ryan And Pony &#8211; 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