NOT JUST THE JOY HE BRINGS INTO 
OUR LIVES AND NOT JUST HIS 
LONGEVITY, BUT HIS ARTISTIC 
GROWTH.
HIS NEW ALBUM MANDATORY FUNDS 
FEATURES THIS DIDDY THAT 
APPROACHES PERFECTION.
IT'S A GRAMMATICAL MASTERPIECE 
TURNING ROBIN THICKE'S CATCHY 
POP HIT "BLURRED LINES" INTO A 
WORD SMITH'S RANT ABOUT THE 
FOLKS WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH 
GOOD "NOE 
♪
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GOING TO FAMILIARIZE YOU WITH 
THE NOME NCLATURE ♪
♪ 
>> THE PRINCE OF PARODY, WEIRD 
AL YANKOVIC.
AL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
>> MY PLEASURE, GOOD TO SEE YOU,
JAKE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I HAVE TO SAY, YOUR NEW VIDEO 
AND SONG "WORD CRIMES" IS SO 
WELL DONE.
YOU'RE NOT JUST CHANGING WORDS 
IN A SONG.
YOU'RE CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW 
WORK.
I KNOW YOU'RE HUMBLE, BUT DO YOU
THINK THIS IS A NEW LEVEL OF 
PARODY FOR YOU?
DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE GROWN 
SIGNIFICANTLY AS AN ARTIST?
BECAUSE I DO.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'VE TAKEN A SONG THAT PEOPLE 
HAD A PROBLEM WITH BECAUSE IT 
WAS SLIGHTLY MISOGYNISTIC AND I 
MADE IT INTO A SONG ABOUT 
GRAMMAR SO IT COULD OSTENSIBLY 
BE PART OF A SCHOOL CURRICULUM. 
>> BUT YOU REALLY CAPTURE WHERE 
A LOT OF LANGUAGE NERDS 
INCLUDING MYSELF REALLY -- 
THINGS THAT REALLY IRK US, THE 
PEOPLE WHO MESS UP, IRONY AND 
COINCIDENCE.
IT'S MASTERFUL.
IT JUST POSTED ON TUESDAY AND IT
HAS SINCE AT LAST COUNT RACKED 
UP NORTH OF 2 MILLION VIEWS ON 
YOUTUBE.
DO YOU THINK THIS MIGHT BE YOUR 
BEST WORK EVER?
>> IT MIGHT BE AND IT MAKES ME 
HAPPY BECAUSE IT MAKES ME THINK 
I'M NOT ALONE, AND I'M NOT THE 
ONLY GRAMMAR NERD OUT THERE AND 
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 
SHARE MY PAIN. 
>> THE APOSTROPHE "S" ONE IS 
GREAT.
YOUR ALBUM RUNS ABOUT 12 TRACKS.
WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER THESE 
ALBUMS DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONES 
ARE GOING TO BE HITS WHEN YOU 
FINISHED WAR CRIMES DID YOU DROP
THE MIKE AND SAY THAT'S IT?
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HIT ON 
THIS ALBUM?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOVE ALL OF
THE SONGS ON THE ALBUM EQUALLY 
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I 
SAID THERE IS NO LEAD SINGLE 
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE
WILL RESPOND TO THE MOST AND 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE EIGHT
VIDEOS IN EIGHT DAYS AND WE'RE 
PUTTING THE STRONG STUFF OUT 
THERE AND LETTING PEOPLE MAKE 
THEIR OWN DECISIONS AS TO WHAT 
THE HITS ARE. 
>> YOU DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE OR 
ARE THEY LIKE CHILDREN?
>> THEY ARE.
THAT'S PART OF OF THE WHOLE 
SOVIET TOTALITARIAN THEME.
>> MTV IS NO LONGER THE 
GATEKEEPER OF THE ARTISTS AS YOU
WERE WHEN YOU BURST OUT IN THE 
'80s LIKE MADONNA AND MICHAEL 
JACKSON, AND OBVIOUSLY MTV 
HELPED MAKE YOU FAMOUS, BUT DO 
YOU FEEL WHERE IT'S JUST YOU 
GOING RIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE, DO 
YOU THINK YOU'RE FREER TO DO 
MORE SOPHISTICATED SONGS?
>> I WOULD THINK SO.
MTV DOESN'T STAND FOR MUSIC 
TELEVISION ANYMORE AND FOR MY 
PURPOSES, THE INTERNET IS THE 
NEW MTV, SO I'M BASICALLY 
MARKETING TOWARD THE ONLINE 
AUDIENCE.
AND IT ALLOWS ME TO TRY THINGS 
THAT I WOULDN'T TRY BEFORE 
BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GO FOR 
THE HEAVIER ROTATION THINK AND I
WAS THINKING WHAT WOULD THE MTV 
EXECUTIVES LIKE?
WHAT DO I LIKE?
WHAT DO THE FANS LIKE?
>> WERE THERE SOCK SONGS OVER T 
YEARS THAT YOU COULDN'T GRAB THE
RIGHTS ON AND YOU WISH YOU WOULD
HAVE GRAB ONE?
>> I CAN'T ALWAYS, AND A LOT OF 
THOSE SONGS WIENDZ UP
