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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Is Still Waiting for SZA to Return His Phone Call
The creation of his new polka medley involved advice from his daughter and a favor from Jamie Lee Curtis.
But today, to mark Mandatory Fun ’s anniversary, Yankovic dusted off the ole accordion and funny-noises soundboard to make “Polkamania!”, a four-minute polka medley of the absolute biggest songs that were released during his absence. Nowadays, the monoculture might not be as all-consuming as it once was, but Yankovic realized while working on “Polkamania!” that if a pop song reached him, that probably means it has fully penetrated the culture. I’ve always been a big pop-culture fan, but it was nice not to be so intensely focused on the Billboard charts and not have to make a part of my job description to have my finger on the pulse of what was happening in music.
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