Meet Tones and I, the Australian Ex-Busker Who Achieved a Global Hit Thanks to Streaming

In the span of just a year, Toni Watson has leapfrogged from working retail to busking full-time to topping the charts in almost a dozen countries-including her native Australia. That's all thanks to Dance Monkey, the viral smash that was the second-ever single for the artist best known as Tones and I.

One listen to the song is enough to grasp its globe-trotting success; animated by an indelible keyboard hook, the stark earworm combines the brightest features of emotive pop and body-moving EDM while subtly addressing Watson's stint busking to tourists in popular Byron Bay.

If we're not entertained in the first minute, we just scroll on, says Watson. I could see that reflected in me busking in the street. I wrote the song about the pressure of live performance and how it compares to the instant gratification of social media.

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