Signature extraction failed:

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+yt erika
I'm unable to play 'erika' because of an error:
'�[0;31mERROR:�[0m Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1191, in _decrypt_signature
signature_id_tuple = '(%s)' % (
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1102, in _extract_signature_function
self.to_screen('%s: Format %s not available' % (video_id, format))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1163, in _parse_sig_js
steps = '' if step == 1 else (':%d' % step)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 797, in _search_regex
encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract �[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name�[0m; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
(caused by RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract \x1b[0;34mInitial JS player signature function name\x1b[0m; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.'