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kid with guitarConfession time: who aggravates their roommate by tunelessly noodling on the guitar? You and me both? I thought so!

So tell me, how is it that all of this practice we've been doing hasn't resulted in a record deal or a hit viral video?

Fortunately, I am a magnanimous person and so am not jealous of adorable musical wunderkinds. I am NOT JEALOUS at all. To demonstrate how little envy is in my heart, I have compiled Urlesque's list of the most adorable (and talented!) musical kids!

6. Lil' 'Hey Jude' Bro

The intertubes loves Ha Youngwoong of Korea. His performance of 'Hey Jude' has racked up over 21 million views so far, with more on the way. He knows all 27 songs on the Beatles' '1,' even though he hasn't learned English yet. :sigh: I guess it really is all about image...lil' dude can't even properly form barre chords and he's still a star.


5. Jason Mraz Ukulele Kid

All right Jason Mraz Ukulele Kid...you have more skill than Lil' 'Hey Jude' Bro, I'll give you that. Your facial contortions are A++ and you can sort of form the chords. So it's no surprise that your original video has millions of views and you've busted out several other smoking hot covers, like the Beatles' 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.' Just don't let the success go to your head...


4. Sungha Jung

Look kid, I'll concede: I can't compete with your musical chops. Your videos have millions of views, your cover of the 'Mission Impossible' theme song is a YouTube classic, and your original compositions are most excellent. But I do know something about fronting a band (in my imagination) and you're not going anywhere until you work on your stage moves. I get it, swaying back and forth is your thing. Maybe we can work in some splits? A few stage dives?


3. Blues Baby

:Face palm: Little Dudebraham Lincoln, you are killing me. That's some quality finger picking, sure, but the blues is all about gravitas. You can't deliver a line like "I shot a man in Reno/ Just to watch him die" in that cutesy voice. You're a YouTube sensation, with almost a million views and tons of blazing covers -- like Bush's 'Glycerine' -- to your name, but you still need some work.


2. Pip-squeak Metal God

You're good, Pip-squeak Metal God...pretty, pretty good. But would it kill you to flash the Horns of Metal some time? I mean, you have all these crazy covers of bands like Pantera, Slipknot, and Metallica up on YouTube, all of which have received hundreds of thousands of views...it wouldn't hurt to be a little more badass.


1. Mozart Girl

You write your own music, you have a CD out, you've played at the White House, you're 6 years old. Your music comes from your heart? God, I have no critici...wait, you only play the piano? Tsshh. I play (okay, "play") the guitar and the harmonica. Call me when you learn another instrument, Mozart Girl.