Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” was only just ousted from the Billboard Hot 100′s No. 1 spot after seven weeks of Song of Summer dominance, but that beat is still just so hot! Sitting at No. 2 on the charts hardly means a song has gone stale (“Fancy” will literally never get tired), but with Weird Al Yankovic on the mic we can keep that Invisible Men/Arcade production fresh with some new-god-level flow in the form of “Handy,” which marks the halfway point in his eight-video offload.
“Handy” is the best showcase yet of Yankovic’s dance-like-no-one-is-watching-style moves and it’s a classic work of Weird in that it gives us our wordsmith fully creating a single character and giving his first-person micro narrative in song, a la “Fat” and “White & Nerdy.” Never one to choose the half measure, Yankovic goes fully Iggy for “Handy” and nails all the background “yeahs” and “huhs,” elevating the song from simple aping to embodying. By the end of the track, you trust this handy man for all of your caulking and hardwiring needs. You’re more than welcome to be our stripper, Al.
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