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'''"a capella"''' is a song and music video by the Norwegian duo [[Ylvis]]. It parodies [[a cappella]] groups like [[Pentatonix]]. Ylvis revealed "a capella" on ''[[I kveld med YLVIS]]'' on [[TVNorge]] on January 5, 2016. Three days after the song's release, it had 250,000 views.<ref name="Nyland2016-01-08">{{cite news|last=Nyland |first=Bjørn Kristian |date=2016-01-08 |title=Ny Ylvis-låt går verden rundt: Vil brødrene gjenta The Fox-suksessen? |trans-title=New Ylvis song goes around the world: Would brothers repeat The Fox-success? |language=Norwegian |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/01/08/kultur/ylvis/the_fox/viralt/42671455/ |newspaper=[[Dagbladet]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111050900/http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/01/08/kultur/ylvis/the_fox/viralt/42671455/ |archivedate=2016-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''"a capella"''' is a song and music video by the Norwegian duo [[Ylvis]]. It parodies [[a cappella]] groups like [[Pentatonix]]. Ylvis revealed "a capella" on ''[[I kveld med YLVIS]]'' on [[TVNorge]] on January 5, 2016. Three days after the song's release, it had 250,000 views.<ref name="Nyland2016-01-08">{{cite news|last=Nyland |first=Bjørn Kristian |date=2016-01-08 |title=Ny Ylvis-låt går verden rundt: Vil brødrene gjenta The Fox-suksessen? |trans-title=New Ylvis song goes around the world: Would brothers repeat The Fox-success? |language=Norwegian |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/01/08/kultur/ylvis/the_fox/viralt/42671455/ |newspaper=[[Dagbladet]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111050900/http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/01/08/kultur/ylvis/the_fox/viralt/42671455/ |archivedate=2016-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
Ylvis revealed the music video and song "a capella" on ''[[I kveld med YLVIS]]'' on [[TVNorge]] on January 5, 2016.<ref name="Nyland2016-01-08"/> It parodies a cappella groups like [[Pentatonix]].<ref name="Anderson2016-01-06">{{cite news|last=Anderson |first=L.V. |date=2016-01-06 |title=Ylvis' New Music Video Explains Why A Cappella Groups Have Been Singing "Boodelooap" All This Time |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/01/06/ylvis_new_music_video_explains_why_a_cappella_groups_have_been_singing_boodelooap.html |newspaper=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112093204/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/01/06/ylvis_new_music_video_explains_why_a_cappella_groups_have_been_singing_boodelooap.html |archivedate=2016-01-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mav2016-01-06">{{cite news|author=Mav |date=2016-01-06 |title=Vokální muzika je nejvíc, přesvědčují norští komedianti. Přemůže všechna bezpráví |language=Czech |url=http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/kultura/68442/vokalni-muzika-je-nejvic-presvedcuji-norsti-komedianti-premuze-vsechna-bezpravi.html |newspaper=[[Reflex (magazine)|Reflex]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111052903/http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/kultura/68442/vokalni-muzika-je-nejvic-presvedcuji-norsti-komedianti-premuze-vsechna-bezpravi.html |archivedate=2016-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rancken2016-01-11">{{cite news |last=Rancken |first=David |date=2016-01-11 |title=Ylvis Has A New A Capella Hit |url=http://kluv.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/ylvis-has-a-new-a-capella-hit/ |publisher=[[KLUV]] |accessdate=2016-01-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113065552/http://kluv.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/ylvis-has-a-new-a-capella-hit/ |archivedate=2016-01-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the music video, a small boy is bullied. [[Ylvis]] brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker head an a cappella group that attempts to save and galvanize the bullied child through their singing and joyful [[facial expression]]s.<ref name="Anderson2016-01-06"/><ref name="Kickham2016-01-06">{{cite news|last=Kickham |first=Dylan |date=2016-01-06 |title=Ylvis parodies a cappella groups in new music video |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/06/ylvis-parodies-a-cappella-video |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111050033/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/06/ylvis-parodies-a-cappella-video |archivedate=2016-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> They are able to defeat the bullies because they have the "scary" talent of being capable of "sing[ing] a song in any musical style".<ref name="Waxman2016-01-06">{{cite news|last=Waxman |first=Olivia B. |date=2016-01-06 |title=Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies: "What Does the Fox Say?" group takes on a cappella |url=http://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/ |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112002034/http://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/ |archivedate=2016-01-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ylvis revealed the music video and song "a capella" on ''[[I kveld med YLVIS]]'' on [[TVNorge]] on January 5, 2016.<ref name="Nyland2016-01-08"/> It parodies a cappella groups like [[Pentatonix]].<ref name="Anderson2016-01-06">{{cite news|last=Anderson |first=L.V. |date=2016-01-06 |title=Ylvis' New Music Video Explains Why A Cappella Groups Have Been Singing "Boodelooap" All This Time |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/01/06/ylvis_new_music_video_explains_why_a_cappella_groups_have_been_singing_boodelooap.html |newspaper=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112093204/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/01/06/ylvis_new_music_video_explains_why_a_cappella_groups_have_been_singing_boodelooap.html |archivedate=2016-01-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mav2016-01-06">{{cite news|author=Mav |date=2016-01-06 |title=Vokální muzika je nejvíc, přesvědčují norští komedianti. Přemůže všechna bezpráví |language=Czech |url=http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/kultura/68442/vokalni-muzika-je-nejvic-presvedcuji-norsti-komedianti-premuze-vsechna-bezpravi.html |newspaper=[[Reflex (magazine)|Reflex]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111052903/http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/kultura/68442/vokalni-muzika-je-nejvic-presvedcuji-norsti-komedianti-premuze-vsechna-bezpravi.html |archivedate=2016-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rancken2016-01-11">{{cite news |last=Rancken |first=David |date=2016-01-11 |title=Ylvis Has A New A Capella Hit |url=http://kluv.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/ylvis-has-a-new-a-capella-hit/ |publisher=[[KSPF|KLUV]] |accessdate=2016-01-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113065552/http://kluv.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/ylvis-has-a-new-a-capella-hit/ |archivedate=2016-01-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the music video, a small boy is bullied. [[Ylvis]] brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker head an a cappella group that attempts to save and galvanize the bullied child through their singing and joyful [[facial expression]]s.<ref name="Anderson2016-01-06"/><ref name="Kickham2016-01-06">{{cite news|last=Kickham |first=Dylan |date=2016-01-06 |title=Ylvis parodies a cappella groups in new music video |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/06/ylvis-parodies-a-cappella-video |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111050033/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/06/ylvis-parodies-a-cappella-video |archivedate=2016-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> They are able to defeat the bullies because they have the "scary" talent of being capable of "sing[ing] a song in any musical style".<ref name="Waxman2016-01-06">{{cite news|last=Waxman |first=Olivia B. |date=2016-01-06 |title=Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies: "What Does the Fox Say?" group takes on a cappella |url=https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/ |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2016-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112002034/http://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/ |archive-date=2016-01-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs.<ref name="Kickham2016-01-06"/> the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male [[beatboxing|beatboxer]].<ref name="Kickham2016-01-06"/> The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make [[trumpet]] and [[drum]] sounds.<ref name="Waxman2016-01-06"/> One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink.<ref name="Anderson2016-01-06"/><ref name="Kickham2016-01-06"/> Boodelooap is cherry-red and stored in a long tall bottle.
Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs, the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male [[beatboxing|beatboxer]].<ref name="Kickham2016-01-06"/> The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make [[trumpet]] and [[drum]] sounds.<ref name="Waxman2016-01-06"/> One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink.<ref name="Anderson2016-01-06"/><ref name="Kickham2016-01-06"/> Boodelooap is cherry-red and stored in a long tall bottle.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Latest revision as of 02:48, 17 November 2024

"a capella"
Single by Ylvis
ReleasedJanuary 5, 2016
Length3:52
LabelDiscovery Networks Norway
Songwriter(s)Vegard Ylvisåker, Bård Ylvisåker, Christian Loechstoeer, Lars Bleiklie Devik [1]

"a capella" is a song and music video by the Norwegian duo Ylvis. It parodies a cappella groups like Pentatonix. Ylvis revealed "a capella" on I kveld med YLVIS on TVNorge on January 5, 2016. Three days after the song's release, it had 250,000 views.[2]

Music video

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Ylvis revealed the music video and song "a capella" on I kveld med YLVIS on TVNorge on January 5, 2016.[2] It parodies a cappella groups like Pentatonix.[3][4][5] In the music video, a small boy is bullied. Ylvis brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker head an a cappella group that attempts to save and galvanize the bullied child through their singing and joyful facial expressions.[3][6] They are able to defeat the bullies because they have the "scary" talent of being capable of "sing[ing] a song in any musical style".[7]

Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs, the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male beatboxer.[6] The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make trumpet and drum sounds.[7] One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink.[3][6] Boodelooap is cherry-red and stored in a long tall bottle.

Critical reception

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L.V. Anderson of Slate wrote that the song was "a pitch-perfect spoof of self-serious a cappella groups like Pentatonix".[3] Anderson noted that "purists" could argue that the song is not "strictly" a cappella because it likely has had electronic music components added after production though "that's not really the point".[3]

Entertainment Weekly's Dylan Kickham said the song was "fairly timely" because a cappella is "still very much in the public eye".[6] Kickham cited three examples of a cappella's high visibility: Pentatonix is drawing large crowds, Pitch Slapped opened on TV network Lifetime, and the Pitch Perfect franchise is making Pitch Perfect 3.[6]

Time's Olivia B. Waxman said the song was "aca-awesome".[7] Hoai-Tran Bu wrote in USA Today that the song was "a spot-on parody of a cappella groups that is both amazing and odd". She praised their performance for "delv[ing] into just what makes a cappella cool", citing the combating of bullying, the singing like they personally know Jesus, and props like leather straps and matching woolen hats.[8]

Jojo Girard of WFGR called the song a "a weird tribute to a capella groups" that was "wonderful".[9] KBMX's Tony Hart said the music video was "a funny look" at a cappella groups, noting "[t]his parody is perfect, right down to the reference to the leather straps these groups always seem to wear, and what's with all the smiling?"[10] KSL's John Clyde praised the song for being "pretty darn catchy and incredibly clever".[11]

References

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  1. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Nyland, Bjørn Kristian (2016-01-08). "Ny Ylvis-låt går verden rundt: Vil brødrene gjenta The Fox-suksessen?" [New Ylvis song goes around the world: Would brothers repeat The Fox-success?]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  3. ^ a b c d e Anderson, L.V. (2016-01-06). "Ylvis' New Music Video Explains Why A Cappella Groups Have Been Singing "Boodelooap" All This Time". Slate. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  4. ^ Mav (2016-01-06). "Vokální muzika je nejvíc, přesvědčují norští komedianti. Přemůže všechna bezpráví". Reflex (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  5. ^ Rancken, David (2016-01-11). "Ylvis Has A New A Capella Hit". KLUV. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  6. ^ a b c d e Kickham, Dylan (2016-01-06). "Ylvis parodies a cappella groups in new music video". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  7. ^ a b c Waxman, Olivia B. (2016-01-06). "Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies: "What Does the Fox Say?" group takes on a cappella". Time. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  8. ^ Bui, Hoai-Tran (2016-01-06). "What does the a cappella group say? Ylvis is back to find out". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  9. ^ Girard, Jojo (2016-01-12). "Ylvis : An A Capella Parody [Video]". WFGR. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  10. ^ Hart, Tony (2016-01-12). "Ylvis Takes on Groups Like Pentatonix with Their New Song 'A Capella'". KBMX. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  11. ^ Clyde, John (2016-01-12). "Have You Seen This? The power of a cappella". KSL. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
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