Why Did "Coco" Get Taken Down? PewDiePie's Cocomelon Diss Track Has Been Banned

Why did "Coco" get taken down? The Swedish YouTuber's Cocomelon diss track has been removed from the platform, and fans are puzzled.

When Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie (whose full title is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg) launched his highly-anticipated Cocomelon diss track titled "Coco," people changed into obsessive about the tune that hurled insults at the popular kids' songs. However, just weeks after its Feb. 14, 2021 add, the diss track seemed to have been removed through YouTube.

So why did "Coco" get taken down?

Why did "Coco" get taken down?

In the tune video, PewDiePie completely trashed Cocomelon's content material and made fun of children who watch it. One line stated, “Your target audience is only a bunch of motherf--king virgins." Another one said, "F--k the entirety you love, and most of all, f--k you" — both of which seem to violate YouTube guidelines regarding offensive or vulgar language in videos including children.

Not to mention, PewDiePie gave plastic weapons to kids, who then used them to physically assault a watermelon.

PewDiePie previously clarified that the children mimed to a clean version of the song while filming "Coco" — so they weren't actually swearing or listening to the curse-filled track. But evidently, PewDiePie's diss track still took things a step too far for YouTube's liking.

Since "Coco" was removed from its platform, the YouTube team has elaborated on their decision. 

They explained that "Coco" was removed based on a guideline involving child safety because it was considered to be "content material that objectives younger minors and households but contains sexual issues, violence, obscene, or other mature themes not suitable for younger audiences," according to a tweet from the YouTube team.

Furthermore, the diss track violated YouTube guidelines regarding harassment and cyberbullying because it "time and again encourages abusive audience conduct" and "harms the YouTube community by persistently inciting hostility between creators for personal monetary achieve."

It was also determined that PewDiePie's "Coco" was inappropriate for children because it appeared like it was made for kids.

“Our policies prohibit content that leads to repeated patterns of harassment on- and off-platform,” a YouTube spokesperson told The Verge. “Following a review, we’ve removed the video in question for violating those policies because they had the effect of encouraging abusive fan behavior."

Unsurprisingly, YouTube customers have been re-uploading "Coco" since it was removed — however don't be expecting the ones to stay around for lengthy. "Also, any reuploads of the original, including full length or partial reuploads, clips, etc. will be removed too," the YouTube team tweeted. "Still images are OK."

This is not the first time PewDiePie's content has been banned from YouTube.

PewDiePie's lovers noticed in October 2020 that his content has been "shadowbanned"— which according to HubSpot, is "the act of blocking or partially blocking a user or their content from an online community so that it will not be readily apparent to the user that they have been banned."

As it became out, PewDiePie's content no longer showing in YouTube's search was once due to a glitch, which YouTube fastened after a day. 

The Swedish musician additionally had two of his songs, "Congratulations" and "B---h Lasagna," banned from India's YouTube channel for their controversial lyrics.

So some distance, PewDiePie has not publicly addressed YouTube taking down his tune "Coco."

However, in a video titled "I Love Kids," which used to be printed on Feb. 17, he defined that "Coco" used to be the general installment within the faux contention between his YouTube channel and Cocomelon's.

"I saw this as ending the meme," he said. "I am not going to continue with it because 1) it wouldn't be funny and 2) I don't actually care about Cocomelon."

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