Remembering Maroon 5’s 2016 Music Video That Trolled Pokemon Go After Adam Levine’s First Live Show Appearance Amidst Cheating Allegations

Published 10/05/2022, 8:15 AM EDT

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As Adam Levine faces accusations by many over cheating allegations on his wife Behati Prinsloo, he goes on to have his first public concert at Shaquille O’Neal’s charity gala. This has brought up a recent trend of visiting Maroon 5’s previous songs and among these is the famous Pokemon Go trolling music video “Don’t Wanna Know.”

As the trend for Pokemon Go was at its peak, Maroon 5 had a beef with the unnecessary cultural influence that the game had over the youth at that time. Several cases of accidents and people having crazy hype to catch Pokemons in public places were the inspiration for the song.

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Maroon 5 trolled Pokemon Go

In the song video of ‘Don’t Wanna Know’, the band was shown wearing several parody costumes of popular Pokemons such as Squirtle, Pikachu, Charizard, etc. While people were shown running behind them holding their phones trying to capture them first. The video gained traction within a very short span of time and was even a chartbuster around the globe.

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The song also got nominated by several award shows and even won awards in 2016 and in 2018 as well. The song reached the Top 10 spot in 23 countries which says a lot about the commentary that it made in society at that time. The video also got 700,000,000+ views by the time of this article.

Therefore, it can be understood how influential this video was to the fan base and the music industry as a whole.

Adam Levine makes a public appearance at Shaquille O’Neal’s charity gala

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Adam Levine was recently accused of cheating on his wife. According to reports his wife was really upset about this development and thus flew to South America. But recently the couple was seen arriving at the Las Vegas airstrip on a private jet.

Notably, the Maroon 5 lead singer performed at the Shaquille O’Neal charity gala. Where his wife was also seen supporting him. Thus it can be said that the couple has finally come to a mutual understanding and is looking forward to a reestablishment of their marriage.

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Shivaditya Ghoshal

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Shivaditya Ghoshal is an eSports writer at EssentiallySports. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Applications and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Commerce from Lucknow. Shivaditya holds a keen passion for video games and follows all the latest releases and trends in the gaming industry.
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Pritam Priyedarshi