Meet Elon Musk’s doppelgänger – a singer from Luxembourg who says his uncanny resemblance to the tech entrepreneur is “not a praise”.
Hugo One, 28, is recurrently mistaken for Musk – who runs Tesla – and says he will get stopped whereas on the grocery store, bars and queues for nightclubs and doesn’t benefit from the comparability.
Hugo was most just lately stopped on a reunion evening out with buddies in Aberdeen, Scotland, when a bunch of lads shouted “you’re Elon Musk” at him.
Deciding to movie the encounter, the strangers “couldn’t imagine” he wasn’t the businessman.
Hugo says he’s stopped twice a month by strangers who touch upon his likeness to Musk with a “few courageous souls” even asking for a selfie.
Musk, 53, is a senior advisor for the White Home however extra broadly often known as the founding father of SpaceX, product architect for Tesla and proprietor of X, previously Twitter.
Regardless of the “undesirable consideration”, Hugo “likes the way in which he seems” and may’t see himself altering his look.
Hugo, a disco-soul singer, from Luxembourg Metropolis, stated: “They have been the fifth group of individuals to cease me that evening – I used to be exhausted.
“I don’t take it as a praise to be in comparison with Elon as a result of he’s not a pleasant particular person.
“He’s additionally in no way good wanting.
“However I took it as fun as a result of they have been a pleasant pleasant group of lads.
“Plus, it’s created some nice visitors to my web page and individuals are downloading my songs.”
Hugo labored as an English and French instructor in Berlin, Germany, when was first in comparison with Elon Musk in 2018 by one on his college students.
However he says it occurs a few occasions a month when folks touch upon his bodily similarity to Musk however, fortunately, he hasn’t obtained any abuse on account of it.
On a latest highway journey round Scotland, UK, in April 2025, Hugo and his college pals stopped in Aberdeen – the town the place they met.
After an evening out – the place Hugo had been advised he regarded like Musk 4 occasions – the identical occurred once more with three males.
“At this level, I used to be drained, and it had already occurred 4 occasions earlier than,” Hugo stated.
“However I took it in jest as a result of you must see the humorous facet.”
Posting the clip on social media on Friday (25/04), the video has since obtained over 1.5 million views, with folks agreeing and commenting “that’s Elon Musk”.
Hugo stated: “I assumed it might get a good few views however nothing of this scale.
“On Saturday, I awoke and it had 70,000 views and now it has over 1.5 million.
“So long as folks know I don’t align with Elon or his beliefs, I don’t thoughts.
“It most likely gained’t be the final time both.”
