Late on Saturday night, as I sat fixing my laptop after it decided to shut down and use up all of its storage on GarageBand sounds, I saw a mysterious, but intriguing, headline gracing the screen of my phone as I scrolled through social media.
"Listen To Elon Musk's Ode To Harambe," it read. "Huh," I said, as I clicked that link faster than anything has ever been clicked in the history of clicking. I still love Harambe, anyway, so why not hear another great song about him? It was as if I hadn't spent the entire summer of 2016 listening to Harambe tribute songs and looking at Harambe memes and making Harambe memes. Honestly, going back to that silly, crazy time in internet history was good enough for me. But let me tell you, this song delivered. I soon found the link to the track, which was released by a mysterious label called 'Emo G Records' and now has over two million listens on SoundCloud. I hate to say it, but I was sincerely impressed. Yes, this song sounds like something my fifteen year old brother could have made in two hours on his laptop, but the upbeat, tropical sounds fueled the relaxed energy of the track and made it a light, easy listen for the long Apple Support chat ahead of me. It's hard to tell who is singing, considering the heavy usage of Autotune throughout the track, but I will assume it's Elon Musk, ex-boyfriend of Grimes, ex-CEO of Tesla, and one-time host of a YouTube series called Meme Review, because that's who I deeply, truly, want it to be. Someone please explain to me why I just had major deja vu writing that sentence. Someone else please explain to me why I have spent so much time researching the credentials of Elon Musk (who was once kicked down a flight of stairs in grade school, has a brother named Kimbal, founded PayPal, and sells flamethrowers, apparently). Musk's melodic vocals transformed the track into one of the most beautiful pieces of music that has ever been heard on Earth. The lyrics "on his way to heaven, amen, amen" stood out as a lyrical masterpiece of the 21st century. This song will truly stand the test of time as one of the greatest pieces of music from the still-young 21st century. Move out of the way, Mozart, because there's a new king of music, and his name is Elon Musk. PS - April fool's! ;)
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