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How a 30-year-old German song became a hit on TikTok in China | Culture | Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW

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Eleven million views on China’s version of TikTok, called Douyin, and the most searched song on the song r eco gnition app Shazam: Achim Reichel would never have dreamed that his 30-year-old song “Aloha Heja Je” would b eco me a hit in China in 2021. Around a year ago, a businessman first told Reichel he had heard his 90s hit while listening to the radio in China. Then came the call from his r eco rd company telling him how successful the song was on Chinese social media platforms . A flood of emails and interview requests followed —…

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