This viral mashup of Kendrick Lamar and ‘Take On Me’ is the catchiest thing you’ll hear today

What do you get when you mix together Norwegian synthpop from the ’80s with 2012 American rap? The answer is a surprisingly catchy tune.

Student Noah Charlick uploaded a mashup of the classic 1984 hit “Take On Me” by a-ha and “Backseat Freestyle” by rapper Kendrick Lamar. Since then, the video has gone viral. 

“I’ve either made a great discovery or a terrible mistake,” Charlick wrote as a caption for the video, which currently has 4,5 million views, 155,000 retweets, and over 400,000 likes. 

People on Twitter are really into this genre-bending mashup.  Read more…

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