In the U.S., the song was believed to euphemistically refer to the face a male makes during the act of masturbation.[1] In a VH1 True Spin special the band affirmed this. Fenton explained: "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to."[2]
On "Adults Only 20 to 1: Saucy Songs" screened on the Nine Network Australia 2nd April 2009 the rumour that this song was about "masturbation" was highly exaggerated. The truth is that David Fenton would alternately confirm and deny the rumor.
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