Chicago man's insane Lollapalooza view from miles away shocks internet, Samsung reacts
Instagram user Brian shared a now-viral video showing what, at first glance, looked like a grainy, low-quality stream of a Lollapalooza stage. The caption read: "When you can't go to Lollapalooza but have a Samsung."
As the video begins, viewers can barely make out the performers on stage as American singer Dominic Fike performs. Then, in a moment of surprise, Brian zooms out, revealing that he was actually filming the festival from kilometres away, across a sprawling view of Chicago's skyline.
From his high-rise residence, he had a direct line of sight to the distant festival grounds, and his Samsung's powerful zoom brought the far-off stage into view. The sudden reveal had many viewers doing a double-take.
Even Samsung decided to join the fun, dropping a playful comment under the post: "No matter where you are, you've always got the best seat in the house #withGalaxy."
'At first I was like this picture quality isn't doing it for me in the slightest, then you kept zooming further and further out,' wrote one commenter.
Another echoed the sentiment: "At first, I was like, 'Why is the quality so poor?' Then you zoomed out, and my jaw literally fell to the floor."
The impressive (and slightly absurd) long-distance festival viewing left people in awe of the phone's zoom capabilities. One amused viewer joked: "Bro can zoom into someone's future."
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