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Macron challenged dared Mcfly and Carlito, who
have over six million subscribers on YouTube, to make a video
about the need to wear masks, disinfect hands and keep a safe
distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
As an incentive, he promised they could film their next project
in his Elysee palace if the video hit 10 million views.
With more than 11 million views on Wednesday, the duo easily won
the challenge with a ukulele-backed song that mocks people who
ignore COVID-19 social distancing rules.
"I sneezed in my hand because my elbow was too far," one line of
the lyrics goes.
Towards the end of the clip, Macron's face appears in the sky as
he lists social distancing measures, and the comedians sing that
the only way to back to a world before social distancing is to
apply social distancing now.
The video is not the duo's first coronavirus-related initiative.
Last April they raised 400,000 euros ($485,600)for French
hospitals in an 11-hour live YouTube session.
(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Mike Collett-White)
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