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(under her former stage name "That Poppy"), from her 2016 EP '' Bubblebath''. It was released by

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on July 24, 2015, as the first single from the EP. The song's music video has since amassed over 69 million views on YouTube, becoming Poppy's first song to gain wide attention. A remix of the song by Travis Mills was released on October 16, 2015 and another by

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on April 29, 2016.

Music video

A music video for the song, directed by Poppy's former collaborator

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was released on July 24, 2015 by ''

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''. The video features cameos from Brandon Burtis,

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, Jimmy Redhawk James and Rene Napoli. It has since amassed over 68 million views on YouTube. The video shows Poppy sitting in a chair in a

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-like pose, while men in full-body outfits dance around her. Some men in business suits watch Poppy's every move as she gets up to dance. Poppy sits down at a table with

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, who sucks on a

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as a sexual symbol, annoying Poppy so much that she gets up and walks off-set. Poppy signs some fans' pictures of her, then walks back in and shoves aside the off-screen men in suits. An acoustic performance of the song was uploaded to Poppy's YouTube channel on September 18, 2015. The video features Poppy singing in front of the men in full-body suits.

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Release history

References

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