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"Come to Brazil" is a song by Canadian rapper bbno$ released in October 2025 as the seventh track on his self-titled album, bbno$. The song spread on social media between October 2025 and February 2026 as bbno$ advertised it, particularly through commissioned animations. The song went viral in February 2026, inspiring further animations.

That month, a controversy surrounding an animation by @juniperdots went viral on X / Twitter, with some criticizing the use of "tweening" animation, inspiring negative comparisons to the Bowser Fart GIF. Some also believed the animation hinged on Brazilian stereotypes and the song is generally racist. Others defended the animation and criticized those who made fun of it, admiring the fact that bbno$ regularly commissions fans to make animations for him.

Origin

On October 17th, 2025, Canadian rapper bbno$ released his self-titled album, bbno$, across streaming platforms.^[1] The seventh track on the album is titled "Come to Brazil." The song was played over 4.1 million times on Spotify^[2] in four months. A music video was released on YouTube^[3] on February 5th, 2026, garnering over 1.4 million views in about three weeks.

Spread

The song was promoted by bbno$ over the next few months, including through commissioned animations. Some fan also made animations without a commission.

One of the earliest notable commissions was posted to the official @bbnotiktok TikTok^[4] account on November 8th, 2025, garnering over 12.4 million views in four months. The animation features Brazilian Miku, a viral rendition of the Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku.

On February 16th, 2026, X^[5] user and animator @juniperdots posted an animation for the song commissioned by bbno$, featuring a Brazilian character singing the song while bbno$ lays in the back of a pickup truck, garnering over 27 million views, 17,000 reposts and 134,000 likes in a week.

The animation inspired some criticism from viewers who did not like its style. For example, on February 18th, X^[6] user @Kalei882749 posted the Bowser fart GIF, writing, "same vibe," gaining over 3,600 likes in five days.

On February 20th, X^[7] user @spugrottiqe responded to a now-deleted post by bbno$, writing, "to me i think bbno$ talks about brazil like how a racist white guy wishes he was japanese," garnering over 5,000 likes in three days.

On the same day, TikToker^[8] @shadowxsonw posted an animation set to the song featuring Shadow the Hedgehog and Amy from the Sonic franchise, garnering over 3.3 million views in three days. This animation was not commissioned by bbno$.

On February 22nd, X^[9] user @sappyshaun quoted the X post of the @juniperdots animation, writing, "You gotta be chronically online to find this problematic in any way," garnering over 13,000 likes in a day. That day, TikToker^[10] @sishumii posted a video dancing to the song in Brazilian Miku cosplay, garnering over 700,000 views in a day.

That day, TikToker^[11] @mandrakevainilla posted an animation based on @juniperdots' animation replacing the characters with Chainsaw Man characters, garnering over 790,000 views in a day.

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