Rony Michel has collaborated with Natasha Bedingfield to boost consciousness for the West Palm Beach nonprofit Digital Vibez.

Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 hit “Unwritten” went viral this summer season thanks partly to Rony Michel, a web-based sensation and dance teacher at Digital Vibez, a West Palm Beach nonprofit that exists to empower youth in underserved communities by dance health, expertise, and the humanities.

Known as “Rony Boyy” to his a couple of million followers on TikTok, Michel rediscovered the music by the app, the place it was making the rounds within the type of a remix referred to as “Like Yop” by Esco that includes Shawn P. 

“When I heard the song, I was like, ‘Oh snap, this is that song that my mom used to play back in the day!’ She was a big fan of Natasha,” he remembers. “I remember hearing the words and then with the beat that was added to it, it gave it more hype.” He created choreography to the music and filmed it flash mob–type. His dance blew up, garnering greater than 42 million views.

Digital Vibez and Natasha Bedingfield on the set of LightheartedDigital Vibez and Natasha Bedingfield on the set of “Lighthearted.”

“I started getting so many texts from friends saying, ‘Your song is blowing up on TikTok,’” says Bedingfield. When Michel reached out and provided to show her the strikes in particular person, she accepted.

Michel and crew flew to California, starting an ongoing collaboration with the singer, who invited them to bounce within the music video for her current music “Lighthearted.” She additionally nearly attended Digital Vibez’s Jamathon on the South Florida Fairgrounds this summer season.

“It’s an incredible artistic collaboration,” Bedingfield shares. “When I started talking to Rony on the phone and he told me what his day job is, one of his passions is really in line with one of my visions in life, which is to inspire youth and to find ways to help them have a healthy outlet, get kids moving, and to fight childhood obesity. It’s been so inspiring to me and awakened a lot of the dreams that I had before I started releasing songs.”