--- title: Ylvis Music Video Parodies A Cappella description: Ylvis music video parodies a cappella groups. canonical: https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-06T22:13:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:24.286Z og:title: Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies og:description: "What Does the Fox Say?" group takes on a cappella og:url: https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies twitter:description: "What Does the Fox Say?" group takes on a cappella twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 6, 2016 10:13 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 6, 2016 10:13 PM UTC Ylvis, the Norwegian comedy group that wrote 2013’s viral song [“What Does the Fox Say?”](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/05/bizarre-music-video-attempts-to-decode-the-sound-of-a-fox/) has come out with a new music video that makes fun of a cappella singers. A group of the musicians help a boy who is getting beat up at school scare off bullies by their “scary” ability to sing a song in any musical style. Watch the group tackle everything from drums to trumpet noises and even show off their rap and rock styles. It’s [aca-awesome.](http://time.com/3856534/pitch-perfect-honest-trailer/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/"},"headline":"Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies","datePublished":"2016-01-06T22:13:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:24.286Z","description":"\"What Does the Fox Say?\" group takes on a cappella","url":"https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4170283/ylvis-a-cappella-parody/","name":"Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies"}}]}] ```