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What Is Poppy?

Poppy is an Internet phenom, known for her strange YouTube videos and her Japan-inspired bubblegum pop. She and her director Titanic Sinclair talk with Scott Simon about who, or what, Poppy is.
Singer Poppy attends the 7th Annual Streamy Awards, on Sept. 26 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

She's part bubblegum popstar, part performance art. And part robot?

She's a YouTube phenomenon with more than 200 million views.

P-O-P-P-Y.

She's Poppy. And her fans are called "Poppy Seeds."

But exactly who (or what) is Poppy?

NPR's Scott Simon endeavored to find out.

"I'm from the Internet," Poppy tells Simon on NPR's Weekend Edition.

Poppy posted her first YouTube video in 2015 after teaming up with self-acclaimed directorTitanic Sinclair. The video is titled "Poppy Eats Cotton Candy" and she does just that. The bleach

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