Weird A.I. Yankovic, a cursed deep dive into the world of voice cloning

Waxy ^ | October 2, 2023 | Andy Baio

[Ciaphas Cain]

In the parallel universe of last year’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Dr. Demento encourages a young Al Yankovic (Daniel Radcliffe) to move away from song parodies and start writing original songs of his own. During an LSD trip, Al writes “Eat It,” a 100% original song that’s definitely not based on any other song, which quickly becomes “the biggest hit by anybody, ever.”

Later, Weird Al’s enraged to learn from his manager that former Jackson 5 frontman Michael Jackson turned the tables on him, changing the words of “Eat It” to make his own parody, “Beat It.”

This got me thinking: what if every Weird Al song was the original, and every other artist was covering his songs instead? With recent advances in A.I. voice cloning, I realized that I could bring this monstrous alternate reality to life.

This was a terrible idea and I regret everything.

[dfwgator]

This is one of my favorites, based on R. Kelly’s “Trapped in The Closet”

Trapped in The Drive-Thru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnTocdD7sk

[Ciaphas Cain]

His band is still with him. "Bermuda" Schwartz has been Al's drummer since 1982 or so. Al is VERY loyal to them, always gives them credit during his shows.

I've met Al and his band many times. They really are how they come across on TV etc. Totally down to earth. I don't know if Al has any idea just how appreciated he truly is. He has rare humility.