Swedish House Mafia fans were rejoicing today after news emerged which claims that the cheesy dance act are set to reform as a tribute act for 80s pop fakers Milli Vanilli.
“We really felt that our pop project was unfinished and having faced criticism for being too commercial we really wanted to explore more meaningful and relevant music like that made by Milli Vanilli,” explained Swedish House Mafia’s beardy one, Steve Angello.
“Their two hits really stand the test of time, you listen to them today and think to yourself ‘is this the best music ever created?’. Frankly I’m surprised anyone actually made music after Milli Vanilli, it must have been difficult to create in such a large shadow.”
“You think of the biggest bands in the world and straight away you think Wings, Abba, Kelly Clarkson and of course Milli Vanilli,” he continued, “their approach to music with their silly hairstyles, garish costumes, contrived sexual androgyny and throwaway pop sensibilities always just spoke to me as the epitome of not only what music is, but what it can be.”
The group claim they will undergo a dramatic transformation which will involve them blacking up, getting braided hair, taking dancing lessons and only ever wearing shiny leather chaps for what’s planned to be a series of epic half hour performance of hits such as Girl You Know It’s True followed by an encore of Girl You Know It’s True.
“It’s the biggest thing we’ve ever undertaken, it’ll be tough to master the lip syncing and outdated dance moves but we’re confident our years of pretending to be DJs will stand us in good stead on the night,” concluded Axwell who says that himself, Sebastian and Steve wouldn’t be singing or recording any music but will merely be credited as ‘visual performers’.
“I just can’t wait to get out there and dance around on stage to a pre-recorded backing track, like we used to.”
