Jimmy Fallon wrote a terrible song about the new COVID variant. Usually, late-night show songs are cringe and stupid, but this is…cringe.
It sounds like he wanted to use the music from the B-52s’ hit Love Shack and wanted to sound like frontman Fred Schneider.
I transcribed it for you, so your ears don’t bleed.
There was Alpha, then Delta, then Omicron next, but this latest variant might be the best.It’s XBB.1.5. Another brand of COVID-19 has arrived. It’s a new strain but it isn’t the same. Sounds more like Elon Musk’s kid’s name.It’s XBB.1.5. Not UB40, who sings ‘Red Red Wine.’Put on your mask when you’re inside a facility.It could be a robot from a Star Wars trilogy.It’s XBB.1.5. Not OMG or MP3 or TCBY or an eye chart made by a really high guy. Sounds like the password of your parents’ Wi-Fi.It’s XBB.1.5. XBB.1.5
You’ll notice that Fallon and his band aren’t wearing masks but tell you to wear one in a facility.
Also, the variant is an Omicron subvariant.
The line about Musk’s kid is funny or a Star Wars robot. But not in this…whatever you want to call it.
BONUS FLASHBACK! Stephen Colbert had a song about the vaccine.
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