{"id":756,"date":"2023-05-08T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nassaubaymusiclessons.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:52:18","slug":"genius-musicians-are-making-songs-that-play-when-children-yell-poop-at-alexa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nassaubaymusiclessons.com\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Genius Musicians Are Making Songs That Play When Children Yell “Poop” at Alexa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Genius Musicians Are Making Songs That Play When Children Yell “Poop” at Alexa<\/h1>\n

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Many kids \u2014 and their parents \u2014 have stumbled on a fascinating discovery: that yelling \u201cpoop\u201d at their Alexa devices made a certain song play.<\/p>\n

New reporting by BuzzFeed<\/i><\/a> about the defecation-themed songs reveals that the artists behind these gross and hilarious childrens\u2019 songs found that as the streams have accumulated, so too have the royalties. In other words, hoping that children will yell \u201cpoop\u201d at smart home devices is a sound business model.<\/p>\n

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The first artist profiled \u2014 Oregon music teacher Dan Helpish, who plays under the name Dandyland \u2014 told BuzzFeed<\/i>\u2019s Katie Notopoulos that he was shocked to discover his song \u201cPoopy Stupid Butt\u201d had become a pandemic favorite.<\/p>\n

Helpish said that the song was written collaboratively between himself, his partner and music school co-runner Kristen Muir, and their special needs students when they prompted three students to come up with a phrase that had five syllables. One girl hollered \u201cpoopy stupid butt!\u201d and the rest was history as the kids began riffing off of the theme, with Helpish writing down their muses\u2019 every word.<\/p>\n