Japanese Robot Keepon Dances to Spoon Hit, 'Don't You Evah'

By day, Keepon is a deceptively sophisticated, Kyoto-based robot and serious child-development research tool. By night, Spoon is a rock band from Austin whose awesome new record, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga," is a serious critical and commercial success. Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno met the band’s most renowned groupie in July when WIRED brought the trio together in Tokyo to make "Keepon dancing to Spoon's 'Don't You Evah'".
Keepon
.Marek Michalowski

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Keepon
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A Tokyo cityscape
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Keepon creator Hideki Kozima
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Keepon and Spoon preparing for Britt Daniel's cameo
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Britt Daniel and Hideki Kozima with Keepon in Shinjuku
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Buzzing intersection in Tokyo's Shinjuku district
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Director Jeff Nichols and Keepon
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Jeff Nichols sets up the final robot throwdown
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Keepon eyes his creator Hideki Kozima
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MechaRobo robot
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Internal view of Keepon
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