‘My redemption song’: PewDiePie suggests India visit in wake of ‘racist’ videos controversy

3 May, 2019 08:56 / Updated 6 years ago

Top YouTuber PewDiePie has teased a visit to India to record a "redemption song" in the wake of his controversial music video duel with a rival which sparked a huge backlash and court ruling.

PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, was recently visited by Indian YouTuber Saiman Says in Brighton, England and appeared in a video on Saiman Says' channel where he tried some Indian snacks.

PewDiePie caused outrage in India after he released two “racist” songs dissing the country during his rivalry with Indian music channel T-Series as both fought to be the most popular YouTube channel. The Indian High Court ruled YouTube should remove the videos and they were taken down.

“I’ll come to India. I’ll shoot another song there,” PewDiePie joked to Saiman Says amid the snacking. “My redemption song. It’ll be a sad ‘sorry India’ song. Like a ballad.”

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Saiman Says said he was going to the UK in the hope of meeting PewDiePie, but didn’t expect it would happen.

As for what PewDiePie made of Indian food, he rated Bhakarwadi, a crunchy cinnamon snack, as a “four out of five” and enjoyed some Bhel corn snacks, sweet soan papdi, and khakra thin crackers.  

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