If ur an enemy 2 da world of gramer, u may wanna look away nao.
Today (July 15), parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic released his first new album in three years Mandatory Fun and as a part of his promotional rollout, he's releasing one new music video every day. Following the "Happy" parody "Tacky" yesterday now Yankovic is taking on Robin Thicke and his 2013 mega-smash "Blurred Lines." But he's not tackling music video nudity or desperate public pleas to a former lover... no. Yankovic is going all grammar Nazi on your butt with a new song and video for "Word Crimes."
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Taking on the*~ lol so randem~* and poor grammar of today's public on the Internet (and beyond), Yankovic is all about lecturing folks on the proper usage of quotation marks (not for emphasis), misunderstood phrases like "ironic," "literally" and "I could [not] care less" and even concept as seemingly simple as contractions and who versus whom.
It's all grammar we should have learned in the second grade, as Yankovic points out, but have otherwise chosen to ignore.
As journalists and lover of all things English/grammar, we here at Music Times salute the latest Yankovic parody.
For the track's music video, Yankovic pulls from both the color scheme and theme of his Mandatory Fun cover artwork and old World War II propaganda footage.
Bouncing from a dictionary to mockups of popular Internet forums like Twitter, Reddit and LiveJournal, Yankovic plays off and corrects people's grammar, all while including hashtags and flashing images like the original "Blurred Lines" video from last year.
Watch the music video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's new single "Word Crimes" below or on his official website.
