Have You Seen This? Guitar-playing little boy is a whole Wednesday mood

Maituo, 9, plays the blues in this YouTube video.

Maituo, 9, plays the blues in this YouTube video. (Maituo Guitar via YouTube)


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Get ready to have renewed hope in the next generation's musical talent.

Most of the songs on the radio these days may sound like the same formulaic, manufactured pop, but it turns out at least some of today's youth are getting exposed to the classics.

Like this 9-year-old boy from China in this video playing blues improv. How can this young person have this much soul?

You can tell he's really feeling the music as his expressions show a range of emotions along with the music.

The title of the video notes as the boy, named Maituo, plays blues, he thinks of B.B. King. He has his own YouTube channel, where he says he started playing in 2021 — proving some people are just born with the blues.

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Ashley Imlay is an evening news manager for KSL.com. A lifelong Utahn, Ashley has also worked as a reporter for the Deseret News and is a graduate of Dixie State University.
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