It is Will Ferrell’s celebration, and we’re all invited. On Oct. 7, the actor made a shock look as visitor DJ at a Sigma Alpha Mu frat celebration on the College of Southern California, his alma mater. Getting the celebration began forward of the soccer group’s sport in opposition to the College of Arizona, Ferrell hopped behind the turntables and blasted a medley of hits, together with “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor and “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers. Ferrell additionally performed “N— in Paris” by Jay-Z and Kanye West, which includes a clip of his “Blades of Glory” character Chazz saying, “Nobody is aware of what it means, nevertheless it’s provocative.”
At one level, Ferrell even took his arms off the turntables to function a fog cannon as he bobbed his head alongside to the music. Round him, faculty college students danced, sang alongside, and, after all, recorded the unforgettable second on their telephones. Even with video proof, nevertheless, the truth that the four-time Emmy winner would all of the sudden seem at a university occasion to indicate off his DJ abilities feels slightly surreal.
How did he land the gig? Did he carry his personal DJ tools? What is going to he do subsequent: ship pizza to the dorms? Begin a flash mob within the quad? Fill in as an adjunct professor? As soon as the novelty of the state of affairs sinks in, although, we won’t assist however admit that internet hosting a shock DJ set is extremely becoming for somebody as lovably eccentric as Ferrell.
Contemplating Ferrell’s oldest son Magnus is a sophomore at USC, it is sensible that his impromptu DJ set coincided with USC’s Mother and father Weekend. However Ferrell has truly been a daily on the college since he graduated in 1990. Throughout his time at USC, he studied sports activities broadcasting and joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Since graduating with a BA diploma in sports activities info, he is remained an lively alumn; he delivered the category of 2017 graduation speech, which he ended with a rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Will At all times Love You.”
Past banging on the drums in “Step Brothers” and becoming a member of a global music competitors in “Eurovision Tune Contest: The Story of Fireplace Saga,” Ferrell — who is commonly confused with Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith — continues to pursue his musical abilities in different methods. As an illustration, in 2022, the proud dad crashed Magnus’s first reside efficiency along with his band by leaping in to play the cowbell, a reference to one in every of his most memorable “Saturday Night time Reside” sketches. Evidently, now we have a sense this DJ set will not be his final.
Forward, see Ferrell’s DJ set at USC for your self.