Viral Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen is Taking Over the Internet!

If you haven’t heard it by now, you will soon enough! This viral video is on the verge of being known by anyone who so much as checks their social media account.

This nonsensical 1-minute song has become one of the most viral videos in recent times with more than 4.5 million views on YouTube!

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, also known as PPAP, features a Japanese in man in a bright yellow clothes with animal prints singing to a catchy beat. He’s singing (or maybe rapping?) and dancing about apples, pens, and pineapples.

You simply have to watch the video to really appreciate it.

Watch the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen song here:

The name of the artist is Piko-taro. He’s a character created by Japanese comedian and DJ Kosaka Daimaou, whose recent success may soon dub him as the next Psy of Gangnam Style fame.

Naturally, the infectious video has spawned numerous remixes and tributes, with people dancing and singing along to Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’s infectious beat!

Here’s a 10-minute compilation for those of you who want to check out other YouTubers’ rendition of this viral sensation:

Here’s a cover by Chinese duo Nick Chung and Stella Chung:

There’s even a metal and beatbox remix for all the more musically inclined folks out there:

Even gorgeous women are singing along!

For those of you who simply can’t get enough of this inexplicably catchy tune, there’s an hour-long version that you can play.

And if you want to make your very own Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen video, Piko-taro himself has created a video tutorial to help you, complete with English subtitles!

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen is definitely going places. Maybe not the Billboard Top 40, but places!