Allison Williams, This Week The Biggest Star In Her Family (Sorry, BriWi)

Tik Tok – 3,637,901 views

Breaking Free – 2,145,033 views

Personally, I’m a fan of this simple, beloved now-standard for those of a certain age:

Hallelujah – 897,361 views

With those above-mentioned friends they also created the quietly viral “College Musical” series, in which Williams portrayed the fetching teaching assistant, and, as HuffPo’s Danny Shea points out, the viral “That’s Why I Chose Yale” video, an admissions PR video unlike any other, which makes the school look like paradise wrapped in happiness wrapped in a campus with only pretty people who sing like angelic Disney characters. (My high-school self would have imploded.) That’s AlliWi at minute 6 (there are SIXTEEN minutes in this thing, yikes) – and proud-alumni-dad BriWi at 6:47. The full 16 minutes are below. It’s pretty mind-blowing. Also, Yalies get a LOT of snacks. Jealous.

In sum – I was pretty happy with my college years, before. Expect to hear a lot from Allison Williams and her talented friends in the future. Good night and good luck.

Credits for Mad Men/Nat King Cole mashup:

Vocalist: Allison Williams
Director: Ralph Arend
DP: Vincent Peone
Editor: Ralph Arend
Composer: Jay Wadley
Sound Mixer: Raphael
Producer: Josh Ruben
Producer: Erika Hampson
Line-Producer: Nick Uhas
Gaffer: Corey Fontana
Grip: Jason Beasley
Grip: Leo Schott
AC: Andrew Brinkman
DIT: Kali Riley
PA: Roland Da Rold
PA: Suzie Jozkowski
PM: Jordan Hall/Elefant Films
Art Director: Andy Myers
Flute: Roberta Michel
Celeste: Trevor Gureckis
Violin 1: Pauline Kim
Violin 2: Marissa Licata
Viola: Meena Bhasin
Cello: Jessie Marino
Bass: Zack Lober
Drums: Colin Stranahan
Bongos: Jay Wadley