‘Turn on chanson’: Russian woman pulls machete on taxi driver over dance music, and the ride ended at a cemetery

A taxi driver in Samara City, Russia got the scare of his life when his passenger pulled out a huge machete because she didn’t like the music he was playing. The woman, who looks to be in her fifties, got so upset about the dance music that she grabbed a large knife from her bag and waved it at the driver.

Video of the scary moment shows the driver trying to lean away from the blade while the woman held it close to his face. He quickly unbuckled his seatbelt so he could jump out of the car if he needed to. The poor man put his hands up, clearly terrified of what might happen next.

According to The Sun, the angry passenger told the driver she wanted to listen to chanson music, which is a type of Russian song that has lots of words and tells stories. As soon as the driver changed the radio to play the music she wanted, the woman put the dangerous knife down like nothing had happened. It was that simple for her, but the driver must have been shaking the whole time.

This has to be one of the strangest taxi incidents ever

The weird trip ended when the driver dropped the woman off at a cemetery in Samara City. The fact that she was going to a graveyard makes the whole thing even creepier. Nobody knows why she needed to go there or what she was planning to do.

The video shows her digging around in her bag right before she pulled out the machete. What started as a normal ride turned into something really dangerous just because of a disagreement about what to play on the radio. The driver had no idea that his music choice would make his passenger so angry that she would threaten him with a weapon.

This shows just how risky it can be to work as a taxi driver. While it’s normal for passengers and drivers to have small disagreements sometimes, this went way too far.

The driver was smart to just change the station and do what she wanted, which probably stopped things from getting worse. Taxi and rideshare drivers regularly encounter unexpected situations, from costly equipment spotted on vehicles to dangerous confrontations.

Chanson music is really popular in Russia and nearby countries. People like it because the songs tell good stories through the words. But no matter how much someone loves a certain type of music, there’s no good reason to threaten someone else with a knife over it.

Nobody knows if the woman got in trouble for what she did. The driver chose to finish the ride and take her to the cemetery instead of calling the police right away, which seems strange. Maybe he was too scared to do anything else at that moment.

This incident is just one of many unusual events occurring in Russia that have captured international attention.