On February 10, 2009 the Lonely Island's debut record "Incredibad" was released. It includes most of the SNL Digital Shorts as well as new songs featuring E-40, Julian Casablancas, Beck, Jack Black, and Norah Jones.
On their YouTube channel, The Lonely Island announced an upcoming album on October 28, 2010, which would be released in the spring of 2011. On December 18, 2010, the SNL Digital Short was the official music video of "I Just Had Sex" (featuring Akon), the first single off the album.
On January 29, 2011, the group debuted "The Creep" featuring Nicki Minaj and a cameo by filmmaker John Waters, on SNL and YouTube. On March 15, 2011, Direct Current Music reported that the album would be named Turtleneck & Chain and would be released on May 10, 2011. On April 1, 2011, The Lonely Island appeared as guests on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where they premiered the lead track, "We're Back!", as well as the new album cover. On April 19, 2011, the group released "Motherlover" featuring Justin Timberlake as the fourth single from the album. This song was last featured on season 34 of SNL.
The group held a fundraiser to promote their new album on April 16, 2011. This event was at Amoeba Music in Berkeley, California. There were only 250 tickets available, and the only way to obtain a ticket was to preorder their album. They hosted a Q&A session and an autograph session. Shortly after, "Motherlover" was released on iTunes. On May 7, they released a new track, "Jack Sparrow", featuring Michael Bolton. Turtleneck & Chain was both Emmy and Grammy nominated (for Best Comedy Album).
On January 26, 2013, the group released a new single on iTunes and Google Music, "YOLO" featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar. They also released a music video on their YouTube channel which revealed a new album was coming in 2013. On May 4th they announced that their new album will be called The Wack Album, also releasing its cover art and confirming that it will include people they have worked with in the past such as Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga and some new collaborators like Billie Joe Armstrong and Adam Levine. They also stated that each week until the album comes out they will release a new song or video from the album on each Wednesday called "Wack Wednesdays." The album was released on June 11, 2013.
We're Back!
The Lonely Island Lyrics
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Let's get 'em Kiv!
Aye yo my dick don't work, that shit is soft as a pillow
My girlie looking at me like "you for real dude?"
Aye yo, hold up, hold up,
We gotta come harder than that!
Yo tell 'em Andy!
I think there might be something wrong with my dick
It's like a melted stick of butter so soft
That it can't fill a rubber.
Aye yo come on man, this is lonely island,
People are countin' on us,
I gotta run all these motherfuckers myself!
Who!
Aye yo I think I broke my dick in the sink
It's so small and ugly,
All smashed and flat like it was playin' rugby.
Hold up hold up, this is serious, kiv let 'em know!
Yo for real though, I suffer from stinky dick.
Every time I take a piss it smells just like shit.
Haha yeah that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
Andy show 'em how it's done!
My dick looks like the fat that you cut off a steak,
Smashed in like my balls went and stepped on a rake.
Lonely island!
Grammy nominated, yea!
Hit 'em again!
Yo straight out the box with my soggy little shrimp
I was a eight year old girl before the doctor found my dick.
We make too much money for this shit, murder music!
I shit the bed cause my dick played a prank on my butt
Hit em! Straight crept when I slept and stuck a laxative up
Suppository music! What y'all know about incontinence?
I got hepatitis c from horse, but no confusion, yeah!
It wasn't from the sex it was a blood transfusion!
What? Motherfucker got horse blood! What y'all got?
I write freaky fan fiction where cartoons fuck
Got CGI Garfield licking Marmaduke's nuts
Whoo! I would like to see that!
This is that Garfield sex music!
Now y'all just showing off! preach!
I got a friend named Reggie who lives down at the dump
Every other week I swing by and bring him some lunch
Oh! Now that just sounds nice!
I'ma call it right there, game over motherfuckers!
Lonely island, we started this fake rap shit!
The world needs us!
The Lonely Island's song We're Back!, released in 2011, is a satirical song that pokes fun at hip-hop culture by creating a ridiculous persona of a rapper who is dysfunctionally obsessed with his own genitalia. The song starts with the rapper Kiv joining the Lonely Island duo and bragging about his rap career; however, this quickly takes a bizarre turn as they start talking about their private parts. One of the rappers claims that his penis is so soft that it can no longer perform, and others follow suit, sharing absurd and sometimes disgusting stories about their genitalia: one broke his undersized member on a bathroom sink, and another has a "stinky dick."
The song relentlessly parodies hip hop culture and its obsession with masculinity, status, and sex. It takes aim at the idea of "keeping it real" while deliberately being fake and exaggerated. The song uses hyperbolic descriptions to ridicule the inflated egos and imagined prowess of most rappers, as they present themselves as tough and sexually competent. Moreover, the song is also a parody of the way that rappers often glorify or overemphasize their own struggles and hardships, as they claim to have hepatitis C from horse blood on top of other bizarre and fake claims. The chorus itself is an ironic statement that the world needs the Lonely Island and its fake rap music.
Line by Line Meaning
Aye yo, new lonely island, two thousand eleven, Let's get 'em Kiv!
Introducing the new version of Lonely Island in 2011, with Kiv. They're ready to start strong!
Aye yo my dick don't work, that shit is soft as a pillow, My girlie looking at me like 'you for real dude?'
One of the members is struggling with impotence and his partner isn't sure if he's being serious.
Aye yo, hold up, hold up, We gotta come harder than that! Yo tell 'em Andy!
The group is unsatisfied with the previous line and one of them asks Andy to come up with something better.
I think there might be something wrong with my dick, It's like a melted stick of butter so soft That it can't fill a rubber.
The same member explains that his penis is so limp that he can't even use a condom.
Aye yo come on man, this is lonely island, People are countin' on us, I gotta run all these motherfuckers myself! Who!
They feel pressured to deliver great music and one of them takes charge to carry the group forward.
Aye yo I think I broke my dick in the sink, It's so small and ugly, All smashed and flat like it was playin' rugby. Hold up hold up, this is serious, kiv let 'em know!
Another member is distraught over his broken and unattractive penis, and Kiv steps in to let everyone know that they're not joking around anymore.
Yo for real though, I suffer from stinky dick. Every time I take a piss it smells just like shit. Haha yeah that's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Andy show 'em how it's done!
Someone else admits to having unpleasant genital odor, but the group finds it humorous anyway and asks Andy to come up with more lyrics.
My dick looks like the fat that you cut off a steak, Smashed in like my balls went and stepped on a rake.
One of the members describes his penis and testicles using a gruesome food analogy.
Yo straight out the box with my soggy little shrimp, I was a eight year old girl before the doctor found my dick.
Another member jokes about having a small penis that wasn't discovered until he was eight years old.
We make too much money for this shit, murder music! I shit the bed cause my dick played a prank on my butt.
Despite their success, the group still makes raunchy music. One of them also reveals an embarrassing incident caused by his own genitals.
Suppository music! What y'all know about incontinence? I got hepatitis c from horse, but no confusion, yeah! It wasn't from the sex it was a blood transfusion!
The lyrics continue to be absurd and explicit, with references to incontinence and a horse-related illness that wasn't caused by sexual activity.
I write freaky fan fiction where cartoons fuck. Got CGI Garfield licking Marmaduke's nuts. Whoo! I would like to see that! This is that Garfield sex music! Now y'all just showing off! preach!
One of the members admits to writing erotic fan fiction involving cartoon characters. The other members are amused by the concept and encourage him to keep going.
I got a friend named Reggie who lives down at the dump. Every other week I swing by and bring him some lunch. Oh! Now that just sounds nice!
One of the members talks about regularly bringing lunch to a friend who lives in a dump. Another member sarcastically comments on how nice it sounds, in contrast to the rest of the song's content.
I'ma call it right there, game over motherfuckers! Lonely island, we started this fake rap shit! The world needs us!
One of the members declares the song over with a profanity-laden phrase. He then affirms the importance of the Lonely Island's comedic rap style, which they originated.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Akiva Schaffer, Andrew Samberg, Brandon Lamela, Brendan Long, Jorma Taccone
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Barney
when you're happy, you enjoy the music. but when you're sad, you understand the lyrics
Prederick
Literally a decade later, and this beat still goes hard as fuck.
Danish Bacon
100% this
KIng _ka0S
Truths.. is what u are currently speakin my dude! Lol.. In Fact, Come 2 Think If It.. Never Have I Ever Heard You Tell A Lie.. 💯
Patrick Kenney
Did you think the sounds were going to change in a couple years?
Not sure how else to take a decade later either.. To say literally is a bit redundant.
Figuratively a decade later?
wtfpwnz0red
@Patrick Kenneysound like something a mf with horse blood would say
Splendid
This has to be the most under-appreciated Lonely Island song.
Phil Butcher
Tie for me between this and Santana DVX. I REALLY wish they would have made a video out of that one.
Wilhelm Blameberg
melody suck but text is HUGE
Kia Harris
YO! I've been saying this for a couple of years now. The whole Upstate 2000 style hip hop with the hype man/P-Diddy/bootleg mix-tape style is GENIUS!!!