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<\/a><\/p>\nAh, the year 2000. It was a simpler time, a pre-Trump, pre-9\/11, pre-meme world full of innocence and the kind of post-Y2K carpe diem that promised endless possibilities.<\/p>\n
And if anyone was the embodiment of that lost zeitgeist, it was little Nikki Webster, the pretty-in-pink primary-schooler who had the weight of Australia\u2019s hopes and dreams on her shoulders when she kicked off the Sydney Olympic Games with the patriotic power ballad, \u2018Under The Southern Skies\u2019.<\/p>\n
As we all fondly remember, after being thrust into the international limelight, little Nikki embarked on a short-lived post-Olympic pop career which delivered us the spectacular 2001 hit \u2018Strawberry Kisses\u2019, DIY schoolyard versions of which would go on to soundtrack little lunches and big lunches for years to come.<\/p>\n
Flash forward to now, and Webster has re-emerged like a shining beacon of light to re-inflate the hearts that 2016 and \u201917 have so jointly stomped into the dirt with hope and joy once again.<\/p>\n
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Now aged 29 (hoooo boy, we\u2019re all so old now aren\u2019t we?!), Webster \u2014 who you\u2019ll be glad to know became a successful performing arts school entrepreneur and not a total human trainwreck like so many other former child celebs for our gen \u2014 appeared on 7\u2019s Sunrise yesterday to bring back those Strawberry Kisses that we\u2019ve been missin\u2019.<\/p>\n
Smashing an a cappella rendition of the ARIA #2 hit on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Kochie & the crew, Webster \u2014 who legitimately doesn\u2019t seem to have aged \u2014 effectively re-ignited the demoralised spirits of a nation once more.<\/p>\n
And apparently we have weatherman\/karaoke partner Sam Mac to thank, who had the brainwave of getting Webster in for the show\u2019s random new \u2018Karaoke Climb\u2019 segment.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy producer told me about Bridge Climb Karaoke and said we had the opportunity to take one special guest up,\u201d Mac said (via Pedestrian TV).<\/p>\n
\u201cFor some unknown reason, presumably divine intervention, I saw a vision of Nikki Webster flying over the bridge with me just behind her dropping a nine-second rap sequence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Right. Well then. Treat yourself to an uplifting nostalgia-gasm by watching the footage \u2014 and reliving the OG video clip \u2014 below.<\/p>\n
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