‘You Have Some Powerful DNA’: Usher Fans Miss the Switch When Singer Records TikTok Video with His ‘Twin’ Son

It seems everyone is jumping on the TikTok bandwagon and flipping the switch, including R&B superstar Usher.

The “Confessions” singer flips the switch in the most smooth and flawless way that only U-S-H-E-R R-A-Y-M-O-N-D could do with his two sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Raymond, and niece Star.

Usher ‘hits the switch’ for TikTok with his sons and niece. (Photo: @usher/Instagram)

Everything about the short clip was perfect, from the way the singer casually walked into the bathroom where the trio were grooving to Drake’s popular song “Flip the Switch” to the way he squeezed into one of his son’s pajama shirts.

“Lol..you have some powerful DNA. Almost missed the switch,” wrote one person who was just as caught off-guard as everyone else taking in how much Usher and his namesake look alike.

“😍😂The best one. Your youngest son look just like you with the switch”

“That’s your twin he can duplicate you😂,” noted another person.

“I had to watch it 4xs to see where everyone was 😂”

The “U Got It Bad” singer has been feeding fans more and more content on social, knowing that most are impatiently waiting for new music. Usher, whose last studio released album was “Hard II Love” in 2016, hap popped up on a number of tracks with singers Ella Mai, Summer Walker and Yuna.

In 2018, fans thought the singer was finally headed in the right direction when he dropped his EP “A” with Atlanta producer Zaytoven, yet here they are still waiting.

If the singer is a man of his word … new music may be released in the near future with the follow-up to his “Confessions Part I & II.” He recently gave an audience an exclusive listen, singing, “I had to deal with it, you thought what you put me on for part two was the realest s–t.”

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