11-28-2018, 12:15
The pop-rock band MONKEY MAJIK and Japanese comedy duo Sandwich Man collaborated on a song called "Umarvelous," and the accompanying music video for the disco-flavored number with hilarious lyrics is going viral in Japan.
The song's title combines the English "marvelous" and the Japanese "umai," meaning "tastes good" in this context. It builds off the popular comedy duo's recent schtick that insists most foods don't have calories because of absurd reasons such as "donuts have holes in them and are shaped like zero," "pierogis are fried in temperatures that calories can't withstand," and "alternating between sweet and savory cancels out the calories."
The song also includes many other key phrases of the comedy duo's routines, and the chorus is basically just a list of food names, including some regional delicacies of Sendai, where both groups hail from.
The song's title combines the English "marvelous" and the Japanese "umai," meaning "tastes good" in this context. It builds off the popular comedy duo's recent schtick that insists most foods don't have calories because of absurd reasons such as "donuts have holes in them and are shaped like zero," "pierogis are fried in temperatures that calories can't withstand," and "alternating between sweet and savory cancels out the calories."
The song also includes many other key phrases of the comedy duo's routines, and the chorus is basically just a list of food names, including some regional delicacies of Sendai, where both groups hail from.