{"id":2818,"date":"2020-01-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/2818"},"modified":"2023-08-10T07:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T07:49:50","slug":"whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young Egyptian singer Tameem Youness kicked off 2020 by releasing the &#8220;Salmonella&#8221; song, which quickly became trending on social media and a topic of controversy. <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Hours after being posted to YouTube, Salmonella had almost 80,000 views and is still going strong, reaching more than 1,000,000 views. <\/p><p><br><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\">  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8RQHJYmJcw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>But what is the story behind the salmonella song and why is everyone talking about it? <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Despite many people accusing Tameem of producing a song that encourages gender-based violence, the artist released a video explaining that the purpose of the video is actually the opposite. Using sarcasm, wittiness, and humor, Salmonella makes fun of men who get aggravated when faced with rejection. Hence, the lyrics, choreography, and overall music video. The point of the song is not advocating for violence against women \u2013 it\u2019s actually highlighting fragile masculinity, in a sarcastic way, and that is known to be Youness\u2019 style.<br> <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>  <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062a\u0645\u064a\u0645_\u064a\u0648\u0646\u0633<\/a> \u064a\u0648\u0636\u062d \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u064a\u0627\u0621 \u0628\u062e\u0635\u0648\u0635 \u0623\u063a\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0633\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0644\u0627 . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NBXszE51ef\">pic.twitter.com\/NBXszE51ef<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sayed AWad (@saye011) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saye011\/status\/1212658144389849089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>What do you think?<\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Egyptian singer Tameem Youness kicked off 2020 by releasing the &#8220;Salmonella&#8221; song, which quickly became trending on social media and a topic of controversy. Hours after being posted to YouTube, Salmonella had almost 80,000 views and is still going strong, reaching more than 1,000,000 views. But what is the story behind the salmonella song [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[8936,8424],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-humor","tag-music"],"authorship":[12],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Young Egyptian singer Tameem Youness kicked off 2020 by releasing the &#8220;Salmonella&#8221; song, which quickly became trending on social media and a topic of controversy. Hours after being posted to YouTube, Salmonella had almost 80,000 views and is still going strong, reaching more than 1,000,000 views. But what is the story behind the salmonella song [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"This Is Amman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ammancityguide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-03T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-10T07:49:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image1578051235764-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lama\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lama\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lama\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06317f7fc680315673ad3d581ec6400a\"},\"headline\":\"What&#8217;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-10T07:49:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/image1578051235764-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Humor\",\"Music\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\",\"name\":\"What's The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/image1578051235764-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-10T07:49:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06317f7fc680315673ad3d581ec6400a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/image1578051235764-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/image1578051235764-1.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/2818\\\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What&#8217;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"name\":\"This Is Amman\",\"description\":\"ThisIsAmman is your insider guide to Amman, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods and what\u2019s happening now. Find out where to go today.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06317f7fc680315673ad3d581ec6400a\",\"name\":\"lama\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/67b10c42971f974a243c63fd7a0bca9223dece8ed2c04f9bbac90887efda1dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/67b10c42971f974a243c63fd7a0bca9223dece8ed2c04f9bbac90887efda1dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/67b10c42971f974a243c63fd7a0bca9223dece8ed2c04f9bbac90887efda1dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"lama\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisisamman.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/lama\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What's The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What's The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?","og_description":"Young Egyptian singer Tameem Youness kicked off 2020 by releasing the &#8220;Salmonella&#8221; song, which quickly became trending on social media and a topic of controversy. Hours after being posted to YouTube, Salmonella had almost 80,000 views and is still going strong, reaching more than 1,000,000 views. But what is the story behind the salmonella song [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song","og_site_name":"This Is Amman","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ammancityguide","article_published_time":"2020-01-03T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-10T07:49:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image1578051235764-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"lama","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"lama","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song"},"author":{"name":"lama","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/person\/06317f7fc680315673ad3d581ec6400a"},"headline":"What&#8217;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?","datePublished":"2020-01-03T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-10T07:49:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song"},"wordCount":169,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image1578051235764-1.png","keywords":["Humor","Music"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song","name":"What's The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image1578051235764-1.png","datePublished":"2020-01-03T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-10T07:49:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/person\/06317f7fc680315673ad3d581ec6400a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image1578051235764-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image1578051235764-1.png","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/2818\/whats-the-story-behind-the-salmonella-song#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What&#8217;s The Story Behind The Salmonella Song?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/","name":"This Is Amman","description":"ThisIsAmman is your insider guide to Amman, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods and what\u2019s happening now. Find out where to go today.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/person\/06317f7fc680315673ad3d581ec6400a","name":"lama","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67b10c42971f974a243c63fd7a0bca9223dece8ed2c04f9bbac90887efda1dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67b10c42971f974a243c63fd7a0bca9223dece8ed2c04f9bbac90887efda1dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67b10c42971f974a243c63fd7a0bca9223dece8ed2c04f9bbac90887efda1dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"lama"},"url":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/author\/lama"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9156,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions\/9156"}],"wp:authorship":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"media-embed-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-embed-type?post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}