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[evanmisha]

This train never stops.

Hope you weren't planning on enjoying the Grammy Awards this year because the single most 2016 performer on Earth will be there to potentially ruin it for you. Details are scarce, but we know that he will be participating in Japanese network WOWOW's live coverage of the event. Will he perform? Will he debut PPAP (59th Annual Grammy Awards Version)? If I blind myself, will Piko Taro return my vision through supernatural powers only to force me to watch him perform PPAP for the 100th time? Stay tuned.

When my group of friends were watching all the Japanese new years eve concerts, I insisted this was the end of the road for Piko Taro. He had peaked.

I may have jinxed it.

ピコ太郎は「通常のカーペットはいつも歩いているのですが、今回はレッドカーペット！ただのレッドカーペットではなく、グラミーレッドカーペット！グラミーレッドカーペットっていう名前を子供につけたいくらいの憧れでしたから、そこを歩けるということで、汚さないように、今から靴の裏を磨いておきます。興奮しております！」と高揚気味のコメントを寄せている。

Source: http://www.narinari.com/Nd/20170242240.html

 

[meltingparappa]

Memes in "real life" will be the downfall of human culture, but this still gets me every time.

 

[woxel1]

He'll never top this https://youtu.be/SWaxcJl0k98?t=315

 

[torre_avenue]

Memes in "real life" will be the downfall of human culture, but this still gets me every time.

Yeah, high schoolers I know refer to people as "memes" now e.g. "My friend is such a huge meme!" In addition, they seem to talk a lot about memes a lot, making memes and having favorite memes etc.

Memes are the downfall of Western civilization.

 

[Fat4all]

"My friend is such a huge meme!"

oh god

oh dear god

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Memes are the downfall of Western civilization.

that's literally the plot of a South Park episode.

 

[NateDog]

Do people hate him that much? I thought he did the "song" as a little joke but it just blew up thanks to JBiebs.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Is this a situation where the fans are more annoying than the thing they're fans of? Because the original thing is kind of quirky and cute, but for some reason it has 46 million views.

 

[redmetal86]

Cross the memes.

Get him, Psy, and Ylvis together.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Cross the memes.

Get him, Psy, and Ylvis together.

Psy is far beyond those other 2

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

I don't want to sound like those people asking who Ariana Grande was during that Final Fantasy thing a little while back, but...who is this?

 

[evanmisha]

I don't want to sound like those people asking who Ariana Grande was during that Final Fantasy thing a little while back, but...who is this?

Don't ask. Don't even ask. Just leave. Run.

 

[Nachos]

I don't want to sound like those people asking who Ariana Grande was during that Final Fantasy thing a little while back, but...who is this?

https://youtu.be/0E00Zuayv9Q

 

[Fades]

Memes in "real life" will be the downfall of human culture, but this still gets me every time.

dear god this is amazing


I have a hard time comprehending how exactly PPAP ever caught on, but I also recognize that I'm not in the slightest the intended audience, and PIKOTARO seems to be having fun, so...yay for him?

 

[Regiruler]

Memes in "real life" will be the downfall of human culture, but this still gets me every time.

I actually don't understand this one.

 

[Ayumi]

Do people hate him that much? I thought he did the "song" as a little joke but it just blew up thanks to JBiebs.

Saw on TV recently that they recorded a commercial together. Is that what you mean? Or do you mean Bieber's tweet?

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

His Youtube Fanfest performance was peak PPAP. Don't think he can top how ridiculous that one was

https://youtu.be/z4ndY5pQkWM?t=84

 

[HardRojo]

His Youtube Fanfest performance was peak PPAP. Don't think he can top how ridiculous that one was

https://youtu.be/z4ndY5pQkWM?t=84

Holy shit! That was actually very entertaining lol.

 

[Fancolors]

There's no point to this unless they get the skeletons shredding guitar from the fanfest

 

[Switch Back 9]

Yeah, high schoolers I know refer to people as "memes" now e.g. "My friend is such a huge meme!" In addition, they seem to talk a lot about memes a lot, making memes and having favorite memes etc.

Memes are the downfall of Western civilization.

I work with a 16-year-old girl and this is painfully true. I thought they were being ironic at first, but noooooope.

 

[evanmisha]

His Youtube Fanfest performance was peak PPAP. Don't think he can top how ridiculous that one was

https://youtu.be/z4ndY5pQkWM?t=84

No, he topped it singing a mashup of PPAP and Ode to Joy with a live choir to placate Godzilla at Kouhaku.