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Free Hugs
| Fan Song | |
|---|---|
| Song Title: | Free Hugs |
| Composer: | TryHardNinja |
| Lyrics: | |
| Melody: | |
| Date: | 18 Nov 2021 |
| Fandom: | Poppy Playtime |
| Album: | |
| Other: | |
| External Links: | HUGGY WUGGY SONG "Free Hugs" (Poppy Playtime) - YouTube Link |
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Free Hugs is a fansong by TryHardNinja in the Poppy Playtime fandom.
Song
Containment Breach
The song broke containment into the mainstream, after there were reports of children accessing what some schools and police departments deemed to be "worrying" videos relating to Huggy Wuggy through TikTok and YouTube Kids failing to filter them, claims that have been brought into question by sites such as Snopes. One such claim involved videos of the character singing songs, something he doesn't actually do in game. The lyric "I could just hug you here forever, forever, till you breathe your last breath together, together." was referenced in particular, a line from Free Hugs. TryHardNinja responded to the reports with the following comment on the song's YouTube page:
Hi everyone. I have noticed that there are a few misleading stories and posts that are driving traffic to this video recently. I completely understand your concern but the articles aren’t correct. Huggy Wuggy is and was always a monster in a horror game. If anyone was unfortunately lead to believe otherwise, it is not true. Also I don’t have any part in the game’s or the character’s creation. This is an unofficial song inspired by the character and has never been in the game or part of the official story. The articles that say that this is what “Huggy Wuggy sings” are factually incorrect. This is something I made up inspired by the lore of the game. It is accurate to something he might sing based on his backstory in the game.Most importantly, I have marked this video “Not for Kids” upon upload and it does not appear in the YouTube Kids app. There is no “bait and switch” in this video to try to mislead kids into thinking they are clicking on a video of a cute character to be surprised by a indie game monster. Huggy Wuggy IS a scary monster from a game I didn’t make and that’s what the song is about. The video solely exists on the general YouTube platform which by default isn’t intended for a very young audience.
There are many videos of Huggy Wuggy on YouTube kids but this isn’t one of them. I personally don’t believe those videos should be there as they actually are being served to kids and include this horror game character but I have no control over what others do. This is the only content I have control over and I have already made sure it’s not on YouTube kids.
Thanks so much for your feedback but there is nothing more that I can do to properly categorize this video. Deleting this video will not change the game, the thousands of other videos or Huggy Wuggy in any way. I hope this adds context to the misleading articles and posts.