“Hey Ya!” is a song about losing faith; and after 2003, André 3000 seemed to lose faith in the power of the artform. “Hey Ya!”’s outlook on relationships is bleak. André looks upon the excitement and ...
This year, OutKast’s magnum opus “Hey Ya!” turns 20. That means that for the past two decades the world has been shaking it like a polaroid picture to “Hey Ya!” But what does the song really mean?
On August 25, perhaps the most successful song of OutKast’s entire career will turn 20 years old. But before “Hey Ya!” was released as one of the two promotional singles for their fifth album ...
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Look, I get it.
Andre 3000 is best known for being one half of the legendary rap group Outkast. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HEY YA!") OUTKAST: (Singing) Hey ya. Hey ya. SHAPIRO: That's their 2003 smash hit, "Hey Ya!" The ...
Big Boi (left) and Andre 3000 of Outkast (Photo credit: Splash News) Big Boi stopped by Apple Music over the weekend and revealed that he had in his possession footage that will make the “greatest ...
While inferior to Big Boi’s first single from the Outkast double album Speakerboxx/The Love Below, the grown and sexy “I Like the Way You Move,” Andre 3000’s “Hey Ya!”, celebrating its tenth birthday ...
He’s regarded as one of the best rappers of all time, releasing some of the most impactful and experimental music in the last several decades. But after a 17-year hiatus, the reason why Andre 3000 ...
Hey Ya! After nearly two decades without dropping any new music, André 3000 is back and this time, he’s brought his flute. New Blue Sun contains “no bars, no beats, [and] no sub-bass,” per NPR. André ...
Good news first: after decades in the musical wilderness, OutKast‘s André 3000 is releasing his first solo album, New Blue Sun, this Friday (Nov. 17). The eagerly anticipated collection from the ...