--- description: Already being touted by some as the next "Gangnam Style," "Pen-Pineapple Apple-Pen" may be the latest viral Internet song. title: Bizarre Pineapples and Pens Song May Be the Next Viral Hit image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dca47c06b218e/6988a787428a9eebd0cd463e/screen-shot-2016-09-26-at-1-49-49-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Bizarrely Hilarious Song About Pineapples and Pens May Be the Next Viral Hit  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 26, 2016 6:38 PM CUT  Piko-Taro  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 26, 2016 6:38 PM CUT Already being touted by some as the next “[Gangnam Style](http://time.com/3615881/gangnam-style-youtube/ "undefined"),” Japanese comedian and DJ Kosaka Daimaou’s “Pen-[Pineapple](http://time.com/4504716/spongebob-hotel-nickelodeon/ "undefined") Apple-Pen” may be the latest [viral Internet song](http://time.com/3587943/things-that-broke-the-internet/ "undefined") you can’t get out of your head. Created by Daimaou under the guise of his character Piko-Taro — a singer songwriter with a penchant for mixed animal prints — “PPAP” has been viewed more than 3 million times since it was posted on YouTube in August. The tune runs about a minute long and features largely nonsensical lyrics about combining fruits with pens combined with a series of rhythmic dance moves. Watch the video below. \[h/t [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/26/13057400/ppap-pen-pineapple-applepen-video "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4508190/pen-pineapple-apple-pen-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4508190/pen-pineapple-apple-pen-song/"},"headline":"This Bizarrely Hilarious Song About Pineapples and Pens May Be the Next Viral Hit","datePublished":"2016-09-26T18:38:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:00.526Z","description":"It must be heard to be believed","url":"https://time.com/4508190/pen-pineapple-apple-pen-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Music","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dca47c06b218e/6988a787428a9eebd0cd463e/screen-shot-2016-09-26-at-1-49-49-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dca47c06b218e/6988a787428a9eebd0cd463e/screen-shot-2016-09-26-at-1-49-49-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"screen-shot-2016-09-26-at-1-49-49-pm","caption":"","creditText":"Piko-Taro","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4508190/pen-pineapple-apple-pen-song/","name":"This Bizarrely Hilarious Song About Pineapples and Pens May Be the Next Viral Hit"}}]}] ```