A Japanese comedian's nonsense tune that became an Internet sensation after Justin Bieber recommended it has entered the Guinness World Records as the shortest song to break into the Billboard Hot 100.
经贾斯汀·比伯推荐后,日本一搞笑艺人的一首无意义的歌曲在网上走红。由于它是进入美国公告牌百强单曲榜中最短的一首歌,还被载入吉尼斯世界纪录。
The video for the 45-second long "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" has been viewed more than 67 million times since hitting YouTube in August, going viral after pop giant Bieber tweeted it as his "favorite video on the Internet".
《Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen》(《PPAP》)的歌曲视频时长为45秒,在流行巨星比伯发推文称这是他"最喜欢的网络视频"后走红,自8月在YouTube上被发布以来已被浏览超过6700万次。
"I'm surprised by this sudden popularity," said the 53-year-old comedian, who goes by Pikotaro.
这名被称为Pico太郎的53岁搞笑艺人表示:"这首歌突然走红令我很惊讶。"
"Without Justin's impact, I think only four people would have showed up in this room," he joked.
他开玩笑道:“如果没有贾斯丁·比伯的影响,我想可能只会有4个人会出现在这个直播间。”
Last week, the song entered the US chart at No 77, marking the first time in 26 years that a Japanese singer moved into the Billboard Hot 100.
上周《PPAP》进入公告牌百强单曲榜,排名第77位,是26年来日本歌手首次进入该榜。
The video features Pikotaro, dressed in his trademark garish animal print costume, dancing to nonsensical English lyrics such as "I have a pen. I have an apple. Apple pen."
Pico太郎在视频中穿着标志性的花哨动物花纹服装,随着"我有一支笔,我有一个苹果,苹果笔"这类不知所云的英文歌词跳舞。
But despite the global sensation, Pikotaro told reporters that his life had not changed at all since the song became "a worldwide phenomenon" last month.
尽管引起了全球轰动,但Pico太郎在接受记者采访时表示,虽然上个月这首歌成为了“一个世界性的现象”,但是他的生活一点都没有改变。