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Waxman Staff Writer Dec 14, 2015 9:06 PM UTC In just under five minutes, watch “all of the covers, parodies, memes, & TV cameos” related to Drake’s “Hotline Bling” and the rapper’s dance moves in the music video in a mashup produced by the music news website _Stereogum._ It comes out just in time for the holidays, in case you have to explain to parents, grandparents, and other older relatives what the song is and why people are talking about it. You can also check out the [incredible memes](http://time.com/4079654/drake-hotline-bling-dancing-memes/) inspired by the video. ## Transcript To be honest, [ MUSIC ] for me to get a chance to do a record at my age, that's a something you have to take. You cannot say no. [ MUSIC ] It's quite different. Now it's, it's all, every single now has a manager, a producer, a vocal producer which we never had. It's a lot of involvement of a lot of people for every song, so. And the, that's I think one of the reasons it takes so long, to, to, to record and to finish. I'd like to do hopefully perfect dance of songs. Maybe the next album if there is an album maybe if there's another sound or another direction. But for this one I definitely want to have some pop. The hook has to be great, the lyrics. The rhythm, the voice. [ MUSIC ] And then the timing, you know, to have a success, if the timing is wrong, it's almost impossible. 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