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The Midnight Beast | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Croydon |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Sounds Like Good (They created the label in March 2012) |
| Members | Stefan Abingdon Dru Wakely Ashley Horne |
| Website | www |
The Midnight Beast, sometimes abbreviated as TMB, are a British comedy music group from London, perhaps most famous for their YouTube cover-parody of the 2009 single TiK ToK by American pop artist Ke$ha.[1] The group currently consists of its three members, Stefan Abingdon, Andrew Wakely and Ashley Horne.
Reception
The Midnight Beast had 327,644 subscribers and 56,439,195 views combined on their YouTube channel alone, as well as 399,291 Facebook fans as of December 2012. The group's songs often appear on iTunes music charts with their recent album reaching Number Two in the iTunes Music charts,[2] and also their accompanying music videos routinely reach over 1 million views on YouTube.[citation needed] On Christmas Day 2009, the "TiK ToK" parody was featured on the front page of MTV.com,[3] and the group have made videos in collaboration with BBC Comedy and MTV Rocks.[citation needed]
The group has also garnered praise from artists that they have parodied.[citation needed] Both Ke$ha and Jay Sean have tweeted positive reactions to the group's parody of their respective songs, TiK ToK and Down, with Ke$ha stating "holy. shit. this is better than my version",[4][5] and Jay Sean posting "Hahha brilliant. Someone should mix this with 'pants on the ground.'"[6]
The group has also attracted minor controversy with its music. In an online post from February 2011, Metro, a British newspaper, raised issue with the lyrics of "Use Ya Head", a sexual education-themed skit made for the Marie Stopes International charity's Have A Larc organization, which promotes safe sex. The paper cited the lines "One up the bum and it’s no harm done" and "One up the bum and you won’t be a mum", stating that it appeared that the group was suggesting anal sex as a birth control method. It also quoted unnamed critics who mentioned that the video failed to point out that anal sex could still lead to the transmission of STDs.[7]
Members
- Stefan Abingdon
- Andrew 'Dru' Wakely
- Ashley Horne
Horne and Abingdon attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School.[8]
Book
The group released a semi-autographical book, titled Book at Us Now, on 27 October 2011.[citation needed] The book included interviews with the band members, the history of The Midnight Beast, as well as exposition on the groups videos and songs. The group held book signings around the country in a promotion titled the Book at Us Now Tour.[9][failed verification]
Sitcom
The band featured as itself in the self-titled sitcom The Midnight Beast, which aired on channel E4 in 2012.[10] The series consists of 6 episodes, and details a fictionalized version of the band's members as they attempt to become successful musicians. The situation comedy also includes the actors and actress Simon Farnaby, Ryan Pope, and Sophie Wu.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie Albums | ||
| 2012 | The Midnight Beast
|
10 |
EPs
| Year | Title | Label | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 2010 | Booty Call - EP | Midnight Beast Records AWAL Records |
64 |
| Year | Title | Label | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 2013 | Love Bites EP | Sounds Like Good | - |
Releases from The Midnight Beast sitcom
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Episode | Label | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie | |||||
| "I Kicked A Shark In The Face" | 2012 | 6 | Episode 1 | Sounds Like Good | 5 July 2012 |
| "Begging" | 2 | ||||
| "Ninjas" | — | ||||
| "Medium Pimpin'" | 20 | Episode 2 | 12 July 2012 | ||
| "Daddy" | — | ||||
| "Quirky" | 12 | Episode 3 | 19 July 2012 | ||
| "Censorshit" | — | ||||
| "Strategy Wanking" | — | ||||
| "Videogames" | 21 | Episode 4 | 26 July 2012 | ||
| "Life Is A Musical" | — | ||||
| "Lez Be Friends" | — | Episode 5 | 2 August 2012 | ||
| "Just Another Boyband" | — |
Singles
| Year | Singles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[12][13][14] | AUS[15] | IRE[16] | |||||
| 2009 | "TiK ToK Parody" | 90 | 4 | 39 | Non-album single | ||
| 2010 | "Down Parody" | — | — | — | |||
| "Ninjas" | — | — | — | The Midnight Beast | |||
| "Lez Be Friends" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Friends For Never" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Daddy" | — | — | — | The Midnight Beast | Booty Call EP | ||
| "Booty Call" | 64 | — | — | ||||
| 2012|
"Die Young (Parody)" |
— | — | — | ||||
| "I'm So Manly (I Make Men Cry)" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Pizza In Ibiza" | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Return of the Boyband" | — | — | — | "Just Another Boyband" | — | — | — |
| 2011 | "The Dance Routine" | — | — | — | Non-album single |
Other tracks
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that country.| Year | Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | IRE | |||
| 2012 | "Begging" | 70 | — | — | The Midnight Beast (Episode 1) The Midnight Beast |
References
- ^ "Tik Tok (Parody) - Single". iTunes Store. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "The Midnight Beast - Artist Analysis | ITunes Music Chart Archive". Music-chart.info. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Knezevic, Milana (7 December 2010). "The Midnight Beast". York Vision. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
The video currently boasts over 9 million views, with the numbers still increasing. This was likely helped by [...] it featuring on the front page of the MTV website.
- ^ "Twitter / keshasuxx: @PerezHilton". Twitter.com. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Daw, Robbie (12 January 2010). "The Midnight Beast: And You Thought Ke$ha's Version Of "TiK ToK" Was Trashy". Idolator. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Twitter / jaysean: Hahha brilliant. Someone shud". Twitter.com. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ By metrowebukmetro (7 February 2011). "Abortion charity's 'anal sex' contraception method video draws criticism". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Sylvia Young Theatre School (Ex-students)". sylviayoungtheatreschool.co.uk. Sylvia Young Theatre School. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "The Midnight Beast". The Midnight Beast. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "The Midnight Beast". comedy.co.uk. The British Comedy Guide. 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Peak positions for singles on the UK Indie Chart:
- For "I Kicked A Shark In The Face" and "Beggin": "Chart Archive > 14 July 2012 >". Official Charts Company.
- For "Quirky & Medium Pimpin": "Chart Archive > 28 July 2012>". Official Charts Company.
- For "Videogames": "Chart Archive > 4 August 2012>". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "The Midnight Beast UK charting positions". Chart Stats. chartstats.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Chart Positions, Artists by name (M)". Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110514cluk.txt
- ^ "The Midnight Beast - Tik Tok (Parody)". eMedia Jungen. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Steffen Hung (28 January 2010). "Discography The Midnight Beast". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 10 December 2012.