Yo-Landi Vi$$er sings a supplicant, elfin-voiced chorus that rhymes "samurai" with "butterfly." The video is all ridiculous mean-mugging from Ninja and Comic-Con schoolgirl sexuality from Vi$$er. Main MC Ninja nimbly boasts about (duh, what else) his ninjitsu bona fides over a foundation of stereo-panned arpeggios, trance lead synths, and canned yet kinetic kicks, snares, and skittering hi-hats. Both the song and the clip are pure cheese, but delivered with the utmost commitment.
Whether you think these guys are South Africa's Yelawolf or just the zef Joaquin Phoenix, it's difficult to deny the instant, insistent appeal of Die Antwoord's de facto theme song and accompanying, overnight meme-making video.
Later he worries that "everyone" seems to be siding with "charlatans." Hell is other people this song is something else. "When I look at you, I reach for a piano wire," Johan Duncanson murmurs on the song's second verse. But Thurston Moore's anti-capitalist opening rant- omitted from a version I've heard over corporate airwaves- isn't here just for kicks. Originally titled "Spring Time", the song is as radiant as the season: all cheery keyboards, jazzy guitars, and muted reverb. For the Radio Dept., a long-running Swedish pop group that previously had their biggest international success with the Marie Antoinette soundtrack, "Heaven's on Fire" is a perfect solution. Let's also say, hypothetically, you're a little irritated by that fact, but you're clever and talented enough to realize that nobody wants to hear a dreamy soft-rock band's sour grapes. Let's say you're one of your country's most underrated bands.
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