Guess who remembered the 21st night of September, the 21st of September, the 21st of September?
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Today, gentle reader, the world offers a moment of quiet reassurance. Chaos surrounds, grief will not be denied, the tumult of life is unending and the void fathoms deep. But you know what? It’s fucking September 21, and Demi Adejuyigbe has not forsaken us. Even in 2020, the year when even the Emmys included a literal garbage fire, we still get to celebrate Earth, Wind & Fire Day. Certain as the sun, rising in the east, tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme: September 21st.
What an entrance!
Now that you’ve watched this year’s video—Adejuyigbe’s fifth annual celebration of the 21st night of September, the 21st of September, the 21st of September—some important context. While one might have reasonably assumed that the pandemic would prevent Adejuyigbe from giving into his most ambitious EW&F-related impulses, he let the world know last night that he would not fail us, not this year, not any year. (Also, please stop tweeting him countdowns.)
But for the party to continue, we must not fail him. If during this shitshow, Demi Adejuyigbe can manage to produce that marvelous video, then surely we as denizens of the internet can come together to earn another one. Here’s Adejuyigbe, explaining in his own words why this video could be the last and making it very damn clear that such a loss is preventable if we’d only cough up for charity:
Five years, five September videos. A nice round number, and a perfect place for me to stop. There’s only so much dancing I can do—my knees are getting bad and I am running out of closet space for all these decorations!
That said, one of the nicest things about doing these September videos is using the attention as an opportunity to raise money for organizations whose goals I want to champion, whether that’s fighting climate change, resources and rights of the unhoused, trans equality & political power, racial justice, reproductive rights, prisoner justice, or a variety of other social goods. So I will keep these September videos going for another year, by challenging you all to help me raise $50,000 for a few select organizations listed here. If we hit $50,000, I’ll make another video! If we hit $100,000, uhhh, I’ll make another video but also probably freak out because—wow!—that’s a lot of money! If we hit $69,420, well…I’ll make another video, and have myself a giggle. (I’m only human.)
The organizations for which Adejuyigbe is raising money include Street Watch LA, D.C.’s Trans United Fund, Chicago’s BlackRoots Alliance, SELAH, and National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.
So, let’s come together as people who like jokes on the internet to raise so much money that poor Demi’s knees and storage space are similarly imperiled. (Please take care of your knees!) That way, next year, assuming we’re all still around, we’ll have another goofy, needlessly elaborate, marvelous video to watch.
Update, 11:46 a.m.: Apparently the people would really like another video. Be patient!
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This is my new favorite holiday.
What about Rex Manning Day!?
say no more
In university I was visiting a friend on her campus and saw posters for a Rex Manning Day party (it was the late 90’s) and I had a sudden urge to switch schools because I couldn’t believe that my lame school didn’t do the same thing.
This sounds like the plot to my screenplay for Sliding Doors 2.
What about national ride your lawnmower to work day?
I have a push lawnmower and I work from home, so no
I am partial to 4/20 and Pie day
My Mom has texted me twice in the last 24 hours asking “Is Demi doing a new video this year???”So, Demi, you can rest easy knowing that the countdowns aren’t just coming at you.
The airplane was an amazing touch…
I didn’t know this was a thing. I’m in love.
Honest to goodness I’ve been looking forward to this all month. It’s a nice feeling unclenching for a moment to enjoy this.
For fucks sake, to remember the 21st night of September you gotta pass the night first, SO YOU CAN ONLY REMEMBER THAT ON THE 22TH
Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda
How’d he put a window in that container truck?
Well one possibility is that he actually cut it out of the side of the truck, but another possibility is that he put up very thin faux walls on the inside of the truck, maybe just paper even, and then he cut a window out of one fake wall and put a panel of lights there and covered it with a curtain.
Looks like the truck he rented (17′ Supercube?) has a side door.https://www.galpinstudiorentals.com/vehicle_specs.php#vans
This is the only day of the year that it’s not appropriate to listen to a song about remembering the 21st night of September.
It was the third of September
That day I’ll always remember, yes I will
“So I will keep these September videos going for another year, by challenging you all to help me raise $50,000 for a few select organizations listed here. If we hit $50,000, I’ll make another video! If we hit $100,000, uhhh, I’ll make another video but also probably freak out because—wow!—that’s a lot of money!”$135,000 and growing a bit before 8pm EDT. How many videos can we get out of him? Remember to donate: Sept21st.com
This is by far the best recurring thing on the internet and maybe in life.
I wonder if they remixed the song to avoid a copyright takedown.
The original song only mentions the date in the first line, so it seems better to keep repeating the date.
September 21 the anniversary of our rehearsal dinner which means today is 13 years for my best pop culture companion – Mrs. Funkhouser! The Funk Ma’am!
Few songs get people grooving more than September. As someone who cooks for 100’s of young women everyday (when there isn’t a pandemic) and runs the playlist in the sorority This song and a few others gets everyone up and dancing. From me a Boomer to the millennials to the Z’s it rules and so should be a “thing”.
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen! How did I not know about this for the last five years?!?