"One Pound Fish Man", new Pakistani hero

The new internet sensation the Pakistani fishmonger Mohammed Shahid Nazir, known as "One Pound Fish Man", whose music video reached 8 million views on YouTube, triumphantly returned to Pakistan on Thursday, before launching his unusual musical success in France and the United States. Nazir was greeted at the airport in Lahore (east) for about 250 people , who includedlocal politicians , who threw rose petals and shouted "Long live One Pound Fish".Television stations interrupted coverage of the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to show their live return.

Last spring, several people videotaped Nazir at a popular market in London when he sang to sell their fish to a pound (about 1.25 euros). swept YouTube Video and fishmonger signed a contract with the Warner Music. The result of this contract? The song "One pound fish" and kitsch music video where she dances with young fisherman in miniskirt, a style of light years long robes Pakistanis. The song made ​​a grand entrance into the charts in Britain. "This song is a gift from God, I can not say I take many nights writing, wrote it on the fly. The fish stall owner asked me to sing to attract customers and sang on the first day quietly, but next with more confidence, "he said. 

The lyrics of the song is simple:

Come on ladies, come on ladies (ladies come) 

one pound fish (fish to a pound) 

Very very good, one pound fish (Very very good fish to a pound) 

very very cheap, one pound fish (Very very cheap, fish one pound)

The original video received over 6.5 million views on YouTube and the video "o-fish-al" from Warner, which can be seen dancing Nazir Bollywood style with an elegant suit, managed to reach the 8 million visits . "In two weeks I will go to France to release the song. Therefore had to come here to ask for my visa , "said Nazir, denying having been deported from the UK , where, according to the British press, was being investigated for violating conditions of his student visa by working as a fishmonger. After France, is scheduled to return to London and then make the jump to the United States. "Music is my new career, but I will never forget my fish stall , "said this rising star of pop.