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Freezepop – Tenisu No Boifurendo

The music video for Freezepop’s Tenisu No Boifurendo (Tennis Boyfriend), a rare example of a foreign group signing an entire song in Japanese:

[via Kokoro Zaeega]

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6 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - June 5, 2007 at 11:00 am

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http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/ Cyde Weys

Wow, that’s pretty nifty. I first heard of Freezepop back when I was playing the rhythm game Amplitude for PlayStation 2 (they had a track in the game). Now, out of the blue, I see they have a song out in Japanese. Any idea why they did this? Are they trying to break into the Japanese market or something, or is this just on a lark? I see that they’re also released another song, “Parlez-vous Freezepop?”, which is in French. Maybe doing other languages is just their shtick, and they have no serious attachment to singing in Japanese? Although it would be cool if they did.
The Skeptic

I don’t think they have any particular attachment to Japanese. I’ve got their albums laying around. It’s fun little synthpop, but honestly their pronunciation in this song just bugs me. They’ve only got two songs in other languages, if you don’t count remixes. I think they’re from the east coast.
Guybrush

Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiumItBcmVE
Madmen

there’s also Stereo Total cover of 鉄腕アトム theme song on their album “Musique Automatique”
Asuka

Good effort, but there is no excuse for the horrible song+lyrics+pronunciation.
dangomushi

I heard some Japanese DJs playing this on the radio some time back. They were laughing at how weird it was and how they weren’t pronouncing the Japanese right at all. I think they were all quite weirded out by the song and wondered why anyone would record something like that.