'Weird Al' Yankovic is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of 'Mandatory Fun' by spoofing the pop stars of the past decade on 'Polkamania!'
in August 1963. The years following that triumph have been a busy time for Yankovic, marked by multiple world tours, a stint as the bandleader onOne thing he didn’t do was give any contemporary pop songs the “Weird Al” treatment. That finally changes today with the release of “Polkamania!,” a brand new polka medley that makes up for lost time by mashing together hits of the past decade by
From the very beginning, he knew that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 hit “WAP” had to be a part of the song. The famously G-rated artist has a long history of taking risqué songs like “Closer,” “The Humpty Dance,” and “I Touch Myself” and finding clever ways to make them child-friendly.
“I’m at a point in my life where I feel like I want to just try new things,” he says. “I mean, I’ve been following the same formula for four decades, and I want to get more involved in feature films and TV, and I love voice acting. I want to still keep doing music, and I still love touring, obviously. But doing new parodies just… I don’t know. I’m not ruling it out, but it’s just not my focus anymore.
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