What to know
- Toronto rideshare driver Bekir Ozel created “Tripman” to make passengers happy, turning everyday rides into interactive karaoke experiences with lights, microphones and music.
- Passengers can pick songs (via Spotify), wear neon glasses and sing along during the ride — transforming awkward silence into a high-energy, party-like atmosphere.
- The concept has already gained traction online, with viral dashcam videos and bookable experiences starting at $70 for a one-hour ride.
Who says getting from point A to point B has to be boring? Step into a rolling karaoke and make the journey just as fun as the destination.
Nine months ago, Bekir Ozel, a rideshare driver, was bored with the typical rides. So he decided to introduce the Tripman, transforming a regular car ride into a karaoke night.
“Here is so boring, I do this job — too boring. I want to change this story. I love touching everybody’s life. If passenger’s happy, I can be happy. I need some power, some energy,” he said.
With the purchase of a microphone, party lights, neon glasses and a tablet, Ozel was ready to open up the Tripman karaoke.
To get a better feeling of how the experience works, Ozel took Now Toronto on a ride.
Come with us on the experience
Last Tuesday, the Tripman car pulled up in front of my building — and it wasn’t what I expected. The Tripman name was there, a slogan, “So far so normal,” but there was even a bicycle on top of the car.
Step 1: Choose a song
My friend and I entered the car, where the driver/Tripman, Ozel, asked us if we liked music and allowed us to select a song from Spotify.
As Sabrina Carpenter fans, of course, we chose “Manchild.”
Step 2: Party lights: On!
Soon after, he turned the party lights on. Flashes of blue, green, red — all the colours started going off, making the experience even more fun!
Step 3: Wear neon party glasses
But the experience wasn’t complete yet. Ozel also gave us neon party glasses to lighten the mood and create a more colourful experience!
Step 4: Receive a mic and sing your heart out
Finally, he passed us some microphones so we could sing our hearts out!
To be totally honest, it was a little funny because it had an echo in the mic, which was very unexpected, but made it so much funnier and a lighthearted experience.
He ended the experience by giving us a mystery gift, which revealed to be a very pretty necklace.
My friend and I can be quite awkward sometimes, but Tripman made sure to crack some jokes and make the experience as enjoyable as possible.
And who doesn’t love singing to Sabrina Carpenter?
More on Tripman
For Tripman, it’s not only about Sabrina Carpenter. His biggest idol? Albert Einstein. He joked he would’ve loved to do a Tripman experience with him. Realistically (considering Einstein’s dead), he wishes to have Jim Carrey in his car someday. “I love his style,” he said.
But his favourite experience thus far is simply witnessing a rider’s mood change. “I have too much beautiful experience with passengers because sometimes some people really came to my car so sad. Then, after Tripman, energy changed, and they told me, ‘This made my day.’”
After starting this experience nine months ago, Ozel shared the dashcam footage online — at the time, it was only in black and white — and it already garnered more than two million views.
From there, he bought a new, professional dashcam that can capture colour to start doing this for content.
For those who wish to live a Tripman experience without waiting for the luck that their Uber, Lyft or whichever rideshare app accidentally gives them a Tripman experience, you can book it online.
On his website, a 60-minute ride for 1-4 passengers is offered for $70, with pickup and drop-off at the same location, or a premium package for $270 that includes the full recording and a guaranteed feature on Tripman’s Instagram account.
