Weird Al Knows How the Internet Works

After nearly 40 years in the music industry, Weird Al Yankovic released eight new songs, which all went viral.

Weird Al Yankovic has been in the pop music game since 1976, and he released his 14th studio album on July 15th of this year. What’s interesting about Yankovic is that throughout his career, he has always used the newest technologies to promote himself and his work — from MTV in the 80’s, to the Internet and social media today.

For eight days in a row, Yankovic has released a new song and video every day to generate the maximum buzz for his album, and it seems to be working.

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