@garfiald remember that time when we talked about kanye and gainsbourg? well, i don't remember the details (something about gainsbourg being resentful about his commercial successes?), but.
i had this chat like in 2019 with a french guy in thaïland (long story) who learned me the existence of Lift Yourself. he told me that this was a masterful gambit, one of the biggest trolls in the history of pop music: "he goes scoobity-woop! he doesn't care anymore!!" etc etc. later (before the whole nazi thing) i thought about it more: what are the biggest trolls that came to my mind? Boten Anna? no, that was sincere. The KLF? who knows about them outside clubbers? Vincent Lagaf, The Bratisla Boys? but they're just obscure racist novelty songs, right?
and then, it is today, februrary 5, 2026, and i listen to this for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKOPVVfoyo
this is it. this has to be it. right????