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Man reluctantly lets teens use his door camera to film a music video. It turned into a masterpiece.

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02.10.2026

The ‘90s/’00s music scene, especially genres like emo, pop-punk, and nu-metal, have been making a comeback, since the peak of COVID 19, really. Which makes a lot of sense. These styles originally emerged from a time of political and social upheaval as a way for young people to process what insanity was happening all around them and find a healthy way to let out their rage. This music still serves that purpose today, but with the added nostalgic effect of an “old-school” feel.

One teen band, called Maple’s Pet Dinosaur, has perfectly captured this gritty, retro vibe, not just in their now mega-viral song, “Lego,” but in the way they shot their music video…which just so happened to be filmed entirely on a neighbor’s ring camera.

The ring camera cameo heard round the world

In the video, we see lead singer Maple Johns asking though the camera, “is it okay if we use your ring to make a music video, please?” to which the homeowner........

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