Cher's New Song, 'Ooga Boo' Is The Only Song, As Far As I'm Concerned
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Whether anyone involved in its creation knows it or not, Cher’s new song “Ooga Boo” is a work of Dadaist perfection. It’s from the animated Netflix show Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, on which Cher voices a pop star alien Chercophonie (at last a role that lets Cher be herself, more or less). Over a cheap, trappy beat, Cher seriously and huskily sings, “Ooga ooga ooga ooga ooga ooga boo…” during the intro. So right, it’s immediately perfect and just when it wades into treacly self-affirmation territory—“You’re gonna be you…”—it devolves back into exhilarating nonsense with advice: “Find your ooga boo.” The straight-faced conviction with which Cher bellows is a beautiful aesthetic choice.