‘Despacito’ is now the most popular video on YouTube with over 4 billion views

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Forget ‘See You Again’, definitely forget ‘Gangnam Style’ – there’s a new ludicrously popular YouTube video in town, and it’s none other than the official song of the summer ‘Despacito’.

But don’t think that this is a victory for Justin Bieber, because it’s actually the video for the original track by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee that’s racked up over 4 billion views.

If you want to add to that mind-boggling total (and why wouldn’t you when the song’s a total banger?), then you can watch it below. Try not to pine for summer too much.

Although it kind of scares us that the equivalent of over half the earth’s population has watched one four-minute video, we can see why it’s been such a smash.

And it’s not just a hit with YouTubers, ‘Despacito’ – the one with Justin Bieber, this time – was also crowned the official song of the summer after hitting 786 million streams on Spotify.

Still, in spite of its huge popularity, ‘Despacito’ has been hit with a couple of controversies, even including a country-wide ban.

Malaysia killed their country’s summer vibes by banning the song outright, claiming that the song was too “inappropriate” to be aired by national media outlets… see more

source: huffingtonpost

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