Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest in the early hours of Sunday morning after the Australian-born U.S. participant dropped out at the last minute after what the Russian organisers said was political pressure.

Composed for a 1932 Soviet movie about industrial quotas, the song was repurposed as leftist French anthem and as a wartime morale-booster

As if “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down” didn’t send enough of a direct message through its original composition.

Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto.