From The Straits Times    |

Over the weekend, Big Bang’s Taeyang learnt to pole dance and Ryan Seacrest announced his cameo in the sequel to Disney’s Frozen – well at least, their digital mini-mes did.

The two posted videos they made through a Chinese application called My Idol, which allows you to create avatars of yourself. It’s almost like making a Mii on the Nintendo Wii, except this time, it actually looks like you.

These (creepy) avatars are then put in the most random situations. They sing about having no hair along a sidewalk, pole dance in onesies, and belt out soulful tunes about not wearing makeup at the opera.

But turning themselves into weird digital creatures aren’t the only thing celebs are obsessed with. Taiwanese host Show Luo accumulated about eight videos in the last four days, all of himself lip-syncing to quotes from sitcoms and song lyrics. These clips were created through video messaging app Dubsmash.

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Taiwanese host, actor and singer Show Luo posted a cute vid using Dubsmash, featuring his mum, too. Image: Show Luo’s Instagram account

The application allows you to lip-sync to lines from movies, animal sounds and even popular vines – strangely addictive, we must say.

See for yourself: Check out these hilarious posts from 10 celebrities who have gone crazy over these apps in the past few weeks. (Taiwanese actor Kaiko’s version takes the cake, really. But we won’t spoil it for you.)

#1 Lady Gaga’s avatar bears an uncanny resemblance to the star.

 

Me right now

A video posted by @ladygaga onApr 24, 2015 at 9:34pm PDT


#2 Big Bang’s Taeyang is hooked on the app; rides a motorbike and learns to pole dance.

 

See u tomorrow

A video posted by TAEYANG (@__youngbae__) onApr 24, 2015 at 5:00am PDT

 

#today #오늘

A video posted by TAEYANG (@__youngbae__) onApr 24, 2015 at 7:29pm PDT


#3 Big Bang’s G-Dragon does sexy back, then tries his hand at martial arts.

 

D-1 #BIGBANGMADEWORLDTOUR #STARTINGTHISAPRIL #TMR

A video posted by G-DRAGON (@xxxibgdrgn) onApr 24, 2015 at 4:11am PDT

 

 

화이팅 #BIGBANG #MADEWORLDTOUR

A video posted by G-DRAGON (@xxxibgdrgn) onApr 24, 2015 at 9:22pm PDT


#4 Kiko Mizuhara dances to old Chinese music, and then does sexy back, too.

#5 Ryan Seacrest and what to look out for in Frozen 2.

 

exclusive clip from “frozen 2”

A video posted by Ryan Seacrest (@ryanseacrest) onApr 23, 2015 at 4:37pm PDT


#6 Miley Cyrus in her element, clothed.

 

#trufflebutter @anderssonjj

A video posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) onApr 21, 2015 at 8:02pm PDT


#7 Show Luo does a super cute imitation of a scene from American animated sitcom Family Guy with his mum, and parties to The Backstreet Boys.


#8 Hugh Jackman as Professor Snape from the Harry Potter series.

 

My best Alan Rickman impression from Die Hard. #YippeeKyaaaa (sp ?!?!)

A video posted by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman) onApr 22, 2015 at 2:29pm PDT


#9 2AM’s Jo Kwon impersonates Beyonce – well, duh.

#10 Kai Ko and model Charles Lin’s hilarious take on Taylor Swift’s I Knew You Were Trouble.