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 Horrid Song Review: Pikotaro - PPAP

You all thought I had abandoned this feature, right?

 This is why I say success does not always equal quality. This is just sooo bad.

A quick recap of what has happened since I reviewed 'Lu'. Depression and PTSD feel rampant. Like no, the song feels even worse now. I actually was going to review 'Hot Problems' or 'Open my Door', but I thought that I should do a slightly better piece of garbage between the real stinkers.

While we all may miss school once a while, I dare any of you to WANT to perform a Kindergarten school song again. Just instead of educational lyrics, you sing about mystical correlations between types of snacks and types of writing tools. If you can last the lyrics, you have to deal with Pikotaro's (dancing)?

There is an electronic breakdown in the middle song, which is a musical embodiment of suffocation. It feels like drugged choking. The sad instrumental is just the tip of the iceberg as it the only time the song is a song.

There is some awkward talking in the verses with (not real) music playing in the background. I could not deal with it and soon began playing another song.

Not all in the song must be bad though if a song is this popular, and I, unfortunately, must admit I subconsciously hummed the song back in 2016. It knows it is not art, and unlike Lu, it does not try to be good. Pikotaro's stupid performance works well and is quite funny to think of at times.

In the end, though, this is no 'Dhivara', 'Rising Sun', 'Bang' or 'Medals', yet it has more views than all those combined, how?

Also, what will future generations think when they learned this was a mega-hit? Just listen to this combined with Axel F or the same artist's new song 'Pika to Piko' for more stupid fun meme music though...

Rating: 2/10