Is INMU KING popular outside Japan?
A singalong in Guangzhou, a Shanghainese version on Bilibili, Korean and English versions on YouTube. The king really gets around. Follow the footage and posts to see where the song has landed.
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China: Bilibili's Shanghainese version
SHANGHAI INMU KING appeared on Bilibili on August 25, 2026, with a description about rewriting Shanghainese lyrics using AI and manual adjustments.
A separate Chinese cover had roughly 1.16 million views in an October 9 snapshot. That is a dated video count, not a count of people in China.
Korean and English versions
Korean- and English-language versions can be found online and in our remix guide.
We have not verified Korean nationwide listening figures. Local news, independent events and dated data are more useful than assumptions.
Guangzhou APF2026: a dated timeline from the DJ to global sharing
Ani Project Festival 2.0 was held in Guangzhou's Baiyun Art Square on October 3–4, 2026. On the first day, anime-music DJ Feiben (@2411Feiben), associated with the event organizers, played INMU KING. Attendees near the stage danced and chanted along.
Feiben posted a view from the stage on October 3 with a self-deprecating comment about playing the song to a large audience. Other attendees shared separate angles, and Taiwan's 4Gamers covered the event on October 5. Those posts and reports are concrete evidence; an estimated social-view count is not a permanent measure of audience size.
How to check the original footage
The DJ's post shows the crowd from the stage, while other clips are filmed within the audience. Look at the author and upload date, since reposted excerpts can obscure their source.
4Gamers reported that dance tutorials were already available on Bilibili before the event. The performance thus made an existing local meme community visible rather than starting interest from zero.
Taiwan and Korea: confirmed reporting versus rumors
The Taiwan outlets UDN Game and 4Gamers both reported on the Guangzhou performance on October 5. Claims about a particular Taiwanese school and South Korean events need independently verifiable clips before they are presented as established facts.
4Gamers also covered a report of a content-review notice involving religious-information rules for some Bilibili uploads. A report about individual reviews does not establish a blanket ban across China or the precise cause of every missing video.