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  • Adaptation Displacement: Go into the YouTube comments section for "Yoru ni Kakeru". You will see many comments reminding people that the song is based on an obscure story called The Seduction of Thanatos, an extremely short work posted on a Japanese short story site. In fact, the entire point of YOASOBI is to create songs based on stories submitted to the site, almost all of which become vastly more popular than the originals.
  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff: YOASOBI is very popular in Indonesia. Their debut song, "Yoru ni Kakeru," became #1 in that country's J-pop chart in 2020. There was also an NHK special that talked about their large Indonesian fanbase. YOASOBI even got to perform at 88rising's Head in the Clouds Festival 2022, which was held there!
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  • Woolseyism: Some of the popular songs that got their English-language version are subject to this. Instead of going for literal translation, the English lyrics are rewritten based on pronunciation of the original Japanese text while still keeping up with its theme.

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