{"id":359331,"date":"2026-04-01T23:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/359331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:15:17","slug":"wu-lyf-share-simple-sweet-love-song-with-the-fool-while-trolling-spotify-with-homer-simpson-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/359331\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Lyf share “simple, sweet love song” with ‘The Fool’ \u2013 while trolling Spotify with Homer Simpson version"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wu Lyf<\/a> have shared the \u201csimple, sweet love song\u201d \u2018The Fool\u2019, and uploaded a parody version featuring Homer Simpson\u2019s voice on Spotify.<\/p>\n

The new track taken from the Manchester indie band\u2019s long-awaited second album, \u2018A Wave That Will Never Break<\/a>\u2019. Set for release on April 10, the record is the follow-up to 2011\u2019s \u2018Go Tell Fire To The Mountain<\/a>\u2019, and has already been previewed with the urgent \u2018Love Your Fate\u2019.<\/p>\n

Now, the band are back with a more stripped-back, ethereal song, which sees them lean into ambient, tranquil instrumentals, heartfelt vocal melodies, and airy guitar riffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe heartbreak and the letting go\/ We found the punchline to this cosmic joke\/ We know that we need to know that everything is love,\u201d sings frontman Ellery James Roberts, as the track gradually introduces a thumping electronic riff.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam loved his woman so\/ rebelled against the Holy Ghost \/ defied the very word of God\/ he\u2019s such a fool for that love\/ I\u2019m always such a fool for your love.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fool by WU LYF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018The Fool\u2019 is one of those special songs that just appeared almost fully formed whilst jamming in the weeks before we went into record with sonic boom,\u201d Roberts shared. \u201cIt is a simple, sweet love song that leans into rock \u2019n\u2019 roll clich\u00e9, giving voice to the archetypal holy fool \u2013 one who yearns after their lover as a path toward union with the divine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The track is available now on the band\u2019s L Y F Community<\/a> \u2013 a platform the band have built to share music directly with listeners, outside of traditional streaming models \u2013 and Wu Lyf have also trolled fans on Spotify by uploading a meme-version of the single to the streaming giant.<\/p>\n

That version plays into the viral \u2018AI Homer Simpson\u2019 trend<\/a>, with vocals replaced with AI-generated ones that sound like The Simpsons<\/a> character.<\/p>\n

In that Spotify meme version, there is a message added from Wu Lyf at the one-minute mark, which encourages fans to go to their website to check out the actual song. \u201cSlopify is dead. Long live Wucify,\u201d the AI-generated Simpsons says. \u201cDon\u2019t be a fool, listen to the full song exclusively on WORLDUNITE.ORG. Love you forever. D\u2019oh!\u201d<\/p>\n

The move comes after the band removed their music starting with single \u2018A New Life Is Coming\u2019<\/a> \u2013 their first release in 13 years<\/a> \u2013 from Spotify last September in protest of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek\u2019s investment in AI military drone tech<\/a>, as well as out of \u201cdisdain for what the Spotify algorithm and economics has done to music culture\u201d.<\/p>\n

As well as releasing the new single, Wu Lyf have announced a worldwide online listening party for members of their L Y F Community on Easter Sunday (April 5), as well as some intimate UK live shows, which will be held in partnership with independent record shops later this month.<\/p>\n

Dates kick off in Leeds on April 9, and continue with shows in Liverpool, Bristol and London. These add to the previously announced live shows the band have planned, including a stop at Albert Hall in Manchester, as well as a headline tour across North America. Visit here<\/a> for tickets, and to find out more about the listening party.<\/p>\n

Wu Lyf tour dates are:<\/p>\n

APRIL
9 \u2013 Leeds Jumbo Records @ Brudenell
11 \u2013 Liverpool Jacaranda Records @ Baltic
13 \u2013 Bristol Rough Trade Records @ Thekla
15 \u2013 London Rough Trade Records @ Village Underground
24 \u2013Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere
26 \u2013 Washington, DC Union Stage
28 \u2013 Boston, MA The Sinclair
30 \u2013 Toronto, ON Mod Club<\/p>\n

MAY
2 \u2013 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
4 \u2013 Seattle, WA Neumos
5 \u2013 Portland, OR Aladdin
7 \u2013 San Francisco, CA Independent
8 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room
9 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room<\/p>\n

JUNE
13 \u2013 Manchester Albert Hall<\/p>\n

The indie band formed in 2008, with their name standing for World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation. They shared their debut album in June 2011 and went on to gather a cult following.<\/p>\n

In 2012, they started\u00a0hinting at new material<\/a>\u00a0before deciding to call it quits. They confirmed the news while on stage at the Manchester HMV Ritz venue, with the frontman\u00a0telling the crowd \u201cGoodbye forever\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the time before they reunited, the frontman went on to form Lost In Heaven, while other members Evans Kati, Tom McClung and Joe Manning went on to make music under the name Los Porcos, along with three members of the band FAMY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wu Lyf have shared the \u201csimple, sweet love song\u201d \u2018The Fool\u2019, and uploaded a parody version featuring Homer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,591,29005,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-359331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-live-music-news","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}