It's a meeting of the memes. Inside one of Shibuya's biggest clubs, Japan's happy-go-luckiest talent perches eagerly and wide-eyed on her high stool awaiting the arrival of Canada's most cheerful pop star.

After bounding into the room gleefully, Carly Rae Jepsen doesn't disappoint. A nonstop frenzy of interviews and appearances in Tokyo has only seemed to energize her — the perfect counterpart to omnipresent idol of the moment, the eminently chirpy Rola.

Both young women have shot to fame in a flash with infectious catchphrases and the help of fan tributes on video-sharing website YouTube.