Who knew 'Despacito' played on 2 calculators could sound this good?

Applause is necessary.
 By 
Yvette Tan
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You've never heard "Despacito" like this before.

A video of a Japanese user playing "Despacito" using calculators has gone pretty viral, and it's not hard to see why.

In a two minute video, the user who goes by the handle "It's a small world" plays the hit song using just two musical calculators.

The video has since been viewed almost 200,000 times.

According to the YouTube user, the musical calculators are made in China, and they weren't too difficult to find online:

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Retailing for just $5 on Taobao, China's answer to Amazon, the AR-7778 calculator which is produced by a Chinese company called Jia Ling Tong, is advertised as being able to play various songs and up to 20 different tunes.

It's also available on Amazon Japan for $22.

Here's someone else trying out the AR-7778 for themselves:

But "Despacito" isn't the only tune the Japanese user has played.

He'a also no stranger to the likes of Ed Sheeran:

And even Smashmouth:

Not going to lie, this is better music than we could ever hope to produce on a calculator.

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Yvette Tan

Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.

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