This 9-Year-Old Sang “This Is Hardcore” And Won A Pulp Karaoke Contest Judged By Jarvis Cocker

Wrong? Or so wrong it’s right?

1. Meet Graham Johnson.

Twitter: @GrahamMJohnson

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2. He’s 9-years-old and lives in NYC. And he’s a huge fan of the band, Pulp.

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3. Graham especially loves Pulp’s enigmatic frontman Jarvis Cocker.

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4. Cocker was in NYC this week to attend a screening of the new film, Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets , which captures the band’s last concert in the hometown of Sheffield, England.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9hC-gWLN17Q.

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See it when it’s out in November!

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5. After the screening, Jarvis and the film’s director Florian Habicht judged a Pulp karaoke contest, where Graham took a moment to shine.

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6. After a slew of great performances, it was Graham’s turn to show what he could do.

Video available at: http://buzzfeed-video1.s3.amazonaws.com/video/2014/08/08/MOV_3523MOV-212x376.mp4.

IT WAS CRAZY. (Though as you can hear on the video, some in the crowd were less than thriiled with the idea of a 9-year-old singing such a sexually suggestive song).

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7. Here’s Graham’s audition video, BTW.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mxL3dagih5M.

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It appears to be down right now, but maybe it’ll come back up.

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8. Jarvis’s take? “It was a little disturbing… but I will not forget that, ever.”

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Jarvis gave him a 9.5 and Florian gave him a 9. And everyone agreed: Graham had a lovely singing voice.

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9. In the end, he beat out ten other competitors and took home top honors.

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10. And perhaps Jarvis learned some new dance moves, too.

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