A capella (Ylvis song)

Ylvis revealed the music video and song "a capella" on I kveld med YLVIS on TVNorge on January 5, 2016. In the music video, a small boy is bullied. Ylvis brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker head an a cappella group that attempts to save and galvanize the bullied child through their singing and joyful facial expressions. They are able to defeat the bullies because they have the "scary" talent of being capable of "sing[ing] a song in any musical style". Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs, the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male beatboxer. The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make trumpet and drum sounds. One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink. Boodelooap is cherry-red and stored in a long tall bottle. ==Critical reception==

L.V. Anderson of Slate wrote that the song was "a pitch-perfect spoof of self-serious a cappella groups like Pentatonix". Jojo Girard of WFGR called the song a "a weird tribute to a capella groups" that was "wonderful". KBMX's Tony Hart said the music video was "a funny look" at a cappella groups, noting "[t]his parody is perfect, right down to the reference to the leather straps these groups always seem to wear, and what's with all the smiling?" KSL's John Clyde praised the song for being "pretty darn catchy and incredibly clever". ==References==