Brilliant net artist Neil Cicierega is known for inventing ‘animutations,’ creating the Potter Puppet Pals, and dropping the :fire emoji: bizarro mixtape Mouth Sounds. His latest creation is a super-catchy Twitter bot that launched on Friday.
Here’s a bot that tweets Uptown Funk lyrics with different short-U words. merry 2016 https://t.co/khWTJXoapD
— Neil Cicierega (@neilcic) May 14, 2016
@BlanktownBlank generates weird new lyrics for Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s incurable 2014 earworm “Uptown Funk.” Thugtown Spunk gonna give it to ya. Don’t believe me? Just watch.
https://twitter.com/BlankTownBlank/status/731894214716461056
There are dozens of these now, and almost all of them are funny.
https://twitter.com/BlankTownBlank/status/731758315617824768
https://twitter.com/BlankTownBlank/status/731456324920184832
https://twitter.com/BlankTownBlank/status/731380834167447552
https://twitter.com/BlankTownBlank/status/731372939522625536
One of the best features of Cicierega’s bot-town bot is that it also changes Twitter names periodically. Recent entries include Utztown Blub, Mumptown Gus, and Hushtown Judge. It’s a subtle touch that squeezes the last ounce of entertainment value out of a song many thought had been bled dry long ago. Such is the genius of @NeilYourself.
Don’t believe me, log off
— Neil Cicierega (@neilcic) May 14, 2016
