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A screenshot from the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen music video on YouTube

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (abbreviated "PPAP"; Japanese: ペンパイナッポーアッポーペン) is a 2016 Japanese earworm-style music video performed by Piko-Taro (Pico-Taro), a fictional singer-songwriter created by Japanese comedian Kosaka Daimaou (whose real name is Kazuhito Kosaka[1]).[2] It was first posted on YouTube on 25 August 2016[3] and has since gone viral, with over 50 million views and over 553 thousand likes. The video was also posted on Facebook by 9GAG, where it has over 59 million views, over 500 thousand likes and almost 1 million shares. Justin Bieber has shared the video on his Twitter account and captioned it as his "favorite video on the Internet".[4] It has been dubbed as the 'next Gangnam Style' by other people and the media.[5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "WATCH: Sway to the viral Japanese hit 'Pen Pineapple Apple Pen'". Inquirer.net. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ "How a 'Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen' earworm took over the internet". BBC.
  3. ^ PPAP Official Upload
  4. ^ Penrose, Nerisha (27 September 2016). "Justin Bieber Shares His 'Favorite Video on the Internet': Piko Taro's Viral 'PPAP' Clip". Billboard. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. ^ "'Pineapple Pen' song explodes online, dubbed the new 'Gangnam Style'". Asian Correspondent. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. ^ Westcott, Ben; Josuka, Emiko (27 September 2016). "Is this the new Gangnam Style? Internet goes crazy for pineapple pen". CNN. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. ^ Chew, Hui Min (26 September 2016). "Viral Japanese song Pen-Apple-Pineapple-Peni\ touted as 'next Gangnam Style'". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Viral-Sensation: "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen" st der neue "Gangnam Style"" (in German). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  9. ^ "WATCH: "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" is internet's newest craze!". The Summit Express.
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