Dear Harlem,
Im sorry so much of the world thinks you dress up in fuzzy animal suits and superhero costumes and do a weird dance that you dont do because of a song I made.
I didnt mean for any of this to happen, I swear. I was just trying to make a goofy dance songlike Yellos Oh Yeah, from Ferris Buellers Day Off, remember that one? Like that. And besides the zipper synths and growling lions and whatnot, I needed a catchy snippet for the hook. So I sampled the part of Plastic Littles Miller Time where dude says, Ill punch you in your face/And do the Harlem Shake. Its not that great of a song or anything. And theyre not even from Harlem, those guys, theyre from Philadelphia, like me. I just needed something to plug in there, and that part fit with what I was doing.
I feel really bad about everythings thats come of it sincethe kids from Australia making that video, then all those Internet nerds, then seemingly everyone else on the planet, following along, getting in the spirit, making their own version like a bunch of lemmings jumping into a fjord in Norway. (Hey! Theres an idea! A Harlem Shake video where everyones dressed like lemmings, and they dance right off a cliff!) Did you see the one the fukking Mitch McConnells campaign staff made? If not, dont look it up. Its
its not good.
And I feel even worse seeing as how there already was a dance called the Harlem Shakea real one, a pretty cool one, too, that had actually originated in Harlem and stuff, that G. Dep and them did in that video back in 2001. G. Deps Child of the Ghetto album, by the way? Totally underrated. Excellent album, front to back. Thats sad what happened, with him turning himself in for the murder from 20 years ago and all. But that was a stand-up thing that he did.
Anyway, like I said, sorry. It was an accident.
Sincerely,
Baauer
I don't think it's a big deal, though. Nobody cares about The "real" Harlem Shake, no one has done it since 2001, and this one is just a fad like Gangnam Style.
Such humble and righteous creatures.
i guarantee he's never listened to that album
Man does anyone check the original articles out anymore? The article is by Complex in a series that features fake apologies. One is LeBron apologizing to Cleveland and the other is Rihanna apologizing to the world for getting with Chris Brown. Obviously they're not real and written to address the cliche antagonistic comments spewed at these people. Come on, forum.
