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Japanese hit song "Paprika" goes global with English version by new singers and dancers soranews24.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 4 years, 5 months ago

Back in the summer of 2018, a song was released by Japanese musician Kenshi Yonezu, who was already enjoying a string of hits at the time.
This song, titled “Pakrika,” was performed by a group of peppy kids as a representative song of the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo.
However, little did we know the song would infect our kids with an earworm the likes of which hadn’t been seen since Piko Taro.
Fuji, they wisely decided if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and kept both the song and video largely intact.
Only a couple days since it hit YouTube, the English “Paprika” has already netted about 200,000 views and glowing reviews both from Japan and overseas.