About

Peppa Pig "Grown Up Music" Videos are edited versions of a clip from the children's show Peppa Pig, in which music played over a radio in the cartoon is replaced with other music, usually of a coarse or bizarre nature.

Origin

Peppa Pig is a British children's cartoon which began airing in 2004. ^[1] In one episode of the show, which featured a segment where the characters discuss musical preference, Peppa begins playing "Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" on a radio in response to being asked what kind of music she likes. ^[2]

On June 8, 2014, YouTuber Phorky Phork uploaded an edited version of this scene in which the radio plays the song "Ass-N-Titties" by DJ Assault. ^[3]

Spread

While the original video was not widely seen, only gaining slightly over 30,000 views, other variations were. On August 22nd 2014, Tumblr user dangervvank postedan edit with the song being replaced by "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj, gaining over 770,000 notes. ^[4] On September 20th, YouTuber Homestar1998 created a parody which made the characters out to be radical Islamic militants. ^[5] On September 22nd, a MontageParody version was created by YouTuber Kek Speckle. ^[6] On November 14th, the YouTube account Mamilos Molengas uploaded a parody video which featured the trend. The video later gained over 4 million views. ^[7]

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