Metallica seems to have caught Pokemon fever, or so a new viral video would like to have you imagining.
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In a new mashup clip, which has received nearly 10 million views on Facebook and YouTube, the band is seen performing the Pokemon theme song in concert to an amazing crowd reaction.
Of course the video isn’t real, but it looks pretty convincing.
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Gabriel Salles, who created the piece, is a YouTuber in Brazil who typically creates mashups with American bands singing famous Brazilian songs in Portuguese. He said he made this video just for fun, following a clip he put together showing Slipknot singing Ricky Martin‘s “Livin’ La Video Loca” that saw some solid viral attention.
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“When I saw the Pokemon Go success, I thought, ‘Well, why not the Pokemon song?'” he tells Billboard.
Watch it here: