Rindge Man's Song on Social Distancing Goes Viral
By Mia Summerson
The Keene Sentinel
Robert Kelly of Rindge performs at The Farmers’ Market of Keene on Gilbo Avenue in September 2018. Michael Moore / Sentinel Staff
When Robert Kelly sat down to make a music video about the importance of social distancing amid the COVID-19 outbreak, he didn't expect much to come of it.
But by the time the 68-year-old Rindge resident was getting ready for bed on March 25, the day he first posted the video, "Stay the [expletive] at Home" had already been viewed tens of thousands of times. By Tuesday, the video, which was originally posted to the online video-sharing platform TikTok, had received several million views across multiple platforms, including YouTube and Facebook.
"Before midnight [on March 25], it was at 50,000 views on TikTok," Kelly said. "The next day I woke up, and it was at a million views."
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