South Park kicked off Season 29 Wednesday night with an episode called“South American Biker Gangs,”and it delivered everything fans expected: a kids’e-bike gang facing off against Randy’s cycling traditionalists, another Kenny death, and a funeral scene that closed the episode. But the real surprise came during that funeral. The closing song,“We Are South America,”was written and recorded by country superstar Brad Paisley.
The name“South America”isn’t random. Trey Parker and Matt Stone renamed the entire show after President Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. The rebrand went deep, too. The South Park theme song was retooled with new vocals from Primus frontman Les Claypool and featured a cameo from Trump himself. It’s the kind of stunt the show has built its reputation on for nearly three decades.
For Brad Paisley, this is a genuinely unexpected sync placement, and it’s already got country fans and comedy fans talking. A custom original song for a cartoon funeral tied to a lake renaming is peak crossover chaos. Did you catch the premiere, or are you catching up now? Let us know what you thought of the rebrand.
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