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- It's, like, very James Bond-y.
- ♪ (singing in Portuguese) ♪
- I don't know who it is, but I like it.
- Whoa. She's sassy. Whoa! There's, like--
Whoa! That's a butt!
- Is this supposed to be a knockoff version of Anaconda?
♪ (pop/trap music) ♪
- I can see why this went viral.
- I'm trying to figure out the language.
- ♪ (singing in Portuguese) ♪
- It's really artistic. It's cool.
- ♪ (singing in Portuguese) ♪
- No idea what this is, but something about butts I'm assuming.
- ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
- I like how it's comic book-y, like her butt is fighting crime.
It's like, "Kapow! Boom!"
- Okay. That happened.
- Oh boy. What has this world come to?
I hate today. I hate...
- I mean, it's interesting. It's different.
- ♪ Virar tua cabeça ♪
- Wait, is this Spanish? I heard "cabeza" is head.
- Majority of this video is straight booty.
That's... I mean, I'm okay with that. I'm not complaining.
- ♪ (singing in Portuguese) ♪
- (chuckling)
- I like how universal twerking is.
- What are you guys making me watch?
- ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
- A lot different than the music videos on Kids React.
- What's the fascination with butts? I don't get it.
- Dude, one of my physical therapist's name is Anita.
That's all I'm gonna see when I see her now.
- Anitta, "Bang." That was cool.
♪ (collective singing in Portuguese) ♪
- I hope I'm not the only one who doesn't know these songs.
- Even though I can't understand what she's saying,
I definitely would watch these music videos for the art.
- ♪ (singing in Portuguese) ♪
- She's, like, never wearing anything. What is this?
- Her, like, aesthetic reminds me of Ariana Grande.
- Okay. Subtle product placement.
- Pepsi? Maybe this is a Pepsi commercial.
- See, it's unfair, 'cause girls get all these really cool,
fun giant plastic bubble dresses, and then guys it's like,
oh, he gets a tank top.
- ♪ (singing in Portuguese) ♪
- It reminds me so much of K-pop, with the outfits.
- Why does she just start twerking all the time?
- "Bang." Oh, there's the bang again.
Oh, and she looks different.
Oh no! It's the mistress!
- Oh! Dang! Scandalous!
- Oh. Oh, they're both teaming up.
- It seems like this day is going pretty well for this guy.
- This looks like the start of a porn.
- Oh, look at that.
Oh! Instead they're gonna go together. Damn!
Oh, they're like, "We don't need him."
♪ (song ends) ♪
- She's cool. She's really cool.
- I have no idea what those songs were about.
But all I know is she was twerking throughout all of them.
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- (Finebros) So any idea who that artist is?
- No.
- Not at all.
- No idea.
- Literally no clue.
- I have no idea, but I assume her name is Anitta.
- (Finebros) This is the music artist Anitta.
- Anitta.
- (Finebros) And she is a Brazilian pop star.
- Oh. Interesting.
- Oh, it's Brazilian.
'Cause Portuguese and Spanish have some similarities.
- (Finebros) What did you think of her music videos?
- They're super out there, which I love.
- They were very different styles.
But at the same time, they still both incorporate
the whole "Bang!" comic pop art style.
- A good 50% of the time, I wasn't even listening to the music.
I guess that's the idea of this music video.
- It seemed like a lot of the music videos
that are in today's society.
- That slap-ass train.
That was some Nicki Minaj shit right there.
- I didn't like it.
I hate what this world has come to as far as entertainment,
because it's this, with girls shaking their asses
naked practically.
- (Finebros) So Anitta has now become
one of the biggest pop stars in Brazil.
That first video we showed you
has gotten over 100 million views on YouTube
in only three months. - I can see why. (chuckles)
- 100 million? Damn.
- 100 million is a lot of people!
- I don't think you can just get
100 million views from one country.
I mean, look at "Gangnam Style," for example.
He didn't get billions of views just from Korea.
He spread out to the entire world.
We're not in Brazil, so obviously it must have made
some sort of impact on the U.S. for you to be showing me.
- (Finebros) Why do you think she's become so popular?
- Ass.
- She makes alright music.
But her butt.
- 90 million of those views
probably came from girlfriends' boyfriends,
because they like to watch Anitta 'cause she's hot.
- Even if I wasn't there to see the butts,
I'd be there to see the art and be like, "Ooh!" at that.
- 'Cause her music's good.
The beat's catchy. The best kinda just makes you happy.
- (Finebros) So she has a lot of different controversies
going on with her in Brazil,
one of which is that people accuse her of skin lightening
as well as straightening her hair
because that can help her get more mainstream success.
What do you think about that? - (incredulously) What?
No. Like... what? No, that has nothing to do with it.
- It's ridiculous.
I mean, you shouldn't want to be a certain color.
You should just be happy with who you are.
- If that's what makes her more comfortable,
I can't be the one who's like, "No, you can't do that."
But once you have a lot of fans, once you get big,
you have to also think about the responsibility you hold,
because you're influencing so many people,
especially young people, who are very impressionable.
- Young people like me that follow her--
and if they see that she wants to become more white
or more American or whatever, then they follow.
- I'm not surprised, to be completely honest,
because, for example, K-pop artists--
they bleach their skin and make their eyes look bigger
through double eyelid surgery and all that stuff.
For example, me being Asian,
having small eyes is like a bad thing.
So people are always like, "Oh, hee-hee, you're Asian,"
or, you know, whatever.
It's kinda like, "Oof, why does that have anything to do
with myself or beauty, in a sense?"
It's, like, really upsetting, and it's really sad,
'cause it's like, we're all the same race, human race.
- (Finebros) So here's another moment
where a foreign country's pop music is starting to cross over.
Why is international pop music starting to go global
more often now than it has in the past?
- Because now, it's like people--
like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Like, you can share anywhere.
- The internet and everything is connecting the world so much
that it's just so easy to be involved in different cultures.
- People are finally starting to open up
and be able to explore different cultures
and be okay with other cultures and what they do.
- I can go on the internet and look up someone in England
or across the country, and I can listen to their music,
when I couldn't do that, you know, 10, 15 years ago.
- Back in the '30s, people just got the radio.
And they could listen to the president talk on the radio
instead of him having to tour the country and go to every city.
And they were like, "Wow, we're so connected as a country."
And now, like 90 years later, the entire world is connected.
I have friends all over the world, and it's amazing.
- We are more connected, which is awesome.
I like that you can just listen to something
someone made on the other part of the globe.
We all like the same sort of stuff,
and it's interesting to see it
from a different cultural perspective.
- (Finebros) And finally, now that you've listened to Anitta,
do you think she has a chance to break out in other countries?
- I mean, she definitely has that sound that people like.
So I wouldn't say no.
- Yeah, I think so,
just 'cause that's what society's looking for now.
- For her sake, I hope she does. I love to see people succeed.
- I think she could broadcast to everyone.
That's what a pop star is,
someone who can be liked by everyone really.
- Her music's, like, super catchy. I liked it. I like her style.
She seems cool. I like her. Anitta, with two T's.
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