Meaning of "...のもなんと"?


Sorry for the bother. I'm in the middle of translating some notes from a
musician on their newest album's tracks, and I ran into such a weird looking
phrase that I don't know what to do with.

Here's the context:

そして、一番最初に歌入れをした **のもなんと** この曲。

The translation I have for it is pretty weak...right now, it says, "and so,
this piece was somehow the first song we sang (for the album)."

The sentences before and after it have seemingly nothing much to do with the
sentence, though I can post it if asked...I know what した、の、も、なんと means on
their own but all of them strung together like that is making me crazy. I
can't find anything on weblio or google, so if anyone can help me, I would
appreciate it very much!




なんと is a sort of introductory exclamation indicating that the speaker/writer
expects the following bit of information to be surprising or impressive to the
hearer/reader. Here, it means something like "And the first song I sang was -
Whaddya know! - this song" I'd go for "was none other than this song".




なんと is a sort of introductory exclamation indicating that the speaker/writer
expects the following bit of information to be surprising or impressive to the
hearer/reader. Here, it means something like "And the first song I sang was -
Whaddya know! - this song" I'd go for "was none other than this song".

