{"id":38442,"date":"2019-06-13T20:41:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=38442"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:19:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:49:51","slug":"media-misreport-bhojpuri-song-lollypop-lagelu-played-in-london-during-cricket-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-bhojpuri-song-lollypop-lagelu-played-in-london-during-cricket-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Media misreport: Bhojpuri song ‘Lollypop Lagelu’ played in London during Cricket World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of people of different ethnicities dancing to the Bhojpuri track ‘Lollypop Lagelu’ has been reported by several media publications as cricket fans dancing to the song during World Cup in London. Navbharat Times<\/a> <\/em>made the claim in a June 13 report titled, “DJ \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e, \u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u091a\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u091c (DJ played Bihari song, the English started dancing on the streets.)” <\/em>
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The Indian Express<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>published a similar report on June 13, titled –\u00a0“Watch: Bhojpuri song rocks London amidst World Cup fever.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The media outlet later changed its title to – “Watch: Bhojpuri song allegedly played during World Cup actually from Berlin event”<\/em>. The URL of the article, however, still reads the old title.<\/p>\n

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Hindi media outlet Punjab Kesari<\/em><\/a> also linked the video to the 2019 World Cup and carried a report titled, “\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u095c\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092d\u094b\u091c\u092a\u0941\u0930\u0940 \u0917\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930 \u0928\u093e\u091a\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u091c, \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 (The English dance to Bhojpuri songs on London streets, video viral.)”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/em>Website Scoop Whoop<\/a> <\/em>was among the firsts to claim that Londoners danced to ‘Lollypop Lagelu’ but later added a clarification to its report that the video was not shot in London during the Cricket World Cup but in Berlin. However, the video uploaded on its Instagram page, viewed nearly 4 lakh times, still says London.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, the song’s vocalist Pawan Singh also shared the video, claiming that a crowd in London danced to his song during India-Australia match. His post came before the above-mentioned media reports.<\/p>\n

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The video was shared by singer Baba Sehgal<\/a> as well, using the caption, “The result of the Cricket World Cup in London”. <\/em>It drew over 1 lakh views.<\/p>\n

Video from Carnival of Cultures 2019, Berlin<\/h2>\n

Alt News found a longer version of the video uploaded on a YouTube channel on June 9. The 1:41-minute video was titled – “Germans Dancing on Indian Songs”<\/em> and the caption said,\u00a0“Carnival of Cultures 2019.”\u00a0<\/em>The video not only shows people dancing to ‘Lollypop Lagelu’ (in the first few seconds) but other Indian songs like Daler Mehndi’s ‘Tunuk Tunuk Tun’ and Honey Singh’s ‘High Heels’ from the movie ‘Ki & Ka’. We spoke to Aman Seth, the person who runs the said YouTube channel. He informed that the video was shot by him and it also shows his friend Shivam dancing. A few people have commented on the video asking, “Shivam, is that you?”<\/em><\/p>\n