Dubidubidu: story of the first Chilean song that appears in the popular video game Just Dance

Never before has a Chilean artist been included in the catalog of Just dance the famous video game that brings together hits from each year to make people dance with entertaining choreographies. But now, recognition took him Christelle Rodriguez with the theme Dubidubidu (Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa) which he recorded when he was 5 years old.

“The first Chilean song on Just Dance! announced the singer, now 26 years old, in your Instagram account .

And although the hit was recorded over 20 years ago, An unexpected phenomenon on social networks gave new life to the song, which quickly rose to the top of several countries, such as Japan, Germany and Finland.

This is the story of Dubidubidu, the song that will represent Chile for the first time in Just Dance version 2025.

Christell Rodríguez is a 26-year-old Chilean artist from Talcahuano, who became famous when he was only 5 years old.

In 2003 he participated in the program Chilean National Television (TVN) Contrafama of red fame in doubles for María José Quintanilla, member of the program. At that time he performed the song Beautiful and beloved Mexicowinning the affection and recognition of the Chilean public.

It is also in this program that he sang his hit for the first time Dubidubidu , which went viral two decades later.

After his stint on the TVN program, The music label Warner Music struck a deal with Christell to record her debut album, which was a complete success. Two other albums and 1 karaoke followed.

The girl’s musical career was going from strength to strength: He has filmed in Puerto Rico, Miami, Los Angeles and Mexico.

It was in the latter country that Christell participated in various important programs and aroused the interest of Televisa. They even asked him to stay to consolidate his musical career.

She was nominated for a Latin Grammy for her second album. The party continues. However, An event suddenly disrupted the course of their plans.

It was February 2004 when a video went viral in which the little artist was singing in Calama when she started having a stomach ache and asked her father to leave the stage. but, apparently, he was not authorized to do so.

“It’s the last one, nothing more,” his father says in the video. “But Dad, no,” Christell responds by way of complaint.

The reactions of his fans were not long in coming: The incident was criticized in different media and entertainment outlets, accusing Christell’s father of exploiting a minor, for insisting that she sing while she had a health problem.

Given this, TVN and the program Contrafama of red fame They released a statement in which they assured that they were unaware of the situation and that their priority had always been to protect Christell’s integrity.

A few years later, when Christell was already a teenager, she reviewed the complex situation of the program. Better late from Mega and told his version: “Before that (the concert), I was eating yogurt and I didn’t know it was expired. “I started feeling sick and my stomach started hurting and I felt out of place.”

“As a family we had an agreement that we were going to do the show and then we would go to the hotel and if I felt bad I would go to a doctor. The problem is that it’s difficult to get off stage when there’s an audience, and since I was a child, it hurt a lot, it made me want to vomit.

He continued: “That’s why there was a point where I said if I continued like this I was going to feel worse. But the crowd was so excited that my father urged me to continue, not because I had to, but because there was a deal. But it was difficult to go down, because if we went down at that time, it would have created a problem (with the public).”

“What has been generated is a misinterpretation of the facts (…) I know my parents love me and would never force me to do something I don’t want to do. We always talk about everything in the family.

In January 2024, in conversation with Ours, Christell once again recalled the complex moment he experienced with his family and assured that, At that point, their careers “were over because of what they had invented.” If that hadn’t happened, I don’t know where I would be today, maybe not in this country.”

In 2018, Christell began her studies in speech therapy and continued to appear in some Chilean television programs, but not with the success before. Of course, he never stopped singing.

But everything changed again when at the end of 2023, his emblematic song Dubidubidu (Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa) went massively viral on social media more than 20 years after its initial release.

The success was heard for months on TikTok and Instagram: millions of users performed funny choreographies or made kittens dance to the rhythm of the catchy song.

There were even K-Pop stars who joined the group. orient yourself and they also uploaded their own dance videos, with Christell’s vocals in the background.

It was like that, once again, Dubidubidu It has toured countries, but now digitally: it has gone viral in the United States, South Korea, Japan, several European countries and, of course, Chile.

SO, Christell decided to upload the video of the program Red where he was 5 years old and performed the song live: “Who can explain to me why my song went viral 20 years later?

His name has once again gained strength and gained thousands of new followers. Many did not know that the viral song was performed by the Chilean.

“I don’t believe in coincidences, so I think something good will come out of all this madness. » he said The latest news.

And this is what happened: Dubidubidu became the first Chilean song to be present in the catalog of Just dance 2025, which will be available from October 15, 2024.

The video game account shared a clip of what the choreography will look like: a cat dressed as a chef appears, dancing in a kitchen. Fans were shocked: Chileans were present in the comments showing their support, but other international users also said they couldn’t wait to dance to the Chilean hit.