Red Red Wine , Gin and Juice, Champagne Supernova . There are plenty of great songs about drinks, but none have had a stranglehold on culture like Milkshake , the hip-shaking, yard-breaking pop banger released by Kelis in 2003. Milkshake became the soundtrack for a generation who never entirely understood why (or how) a milkshake brought so many boys to the yard, but we didn’t really care.
Ahead of her trip to Australia as a keynote speaker at BigSound, we caught up with Kelis, 44, to discuss milk-based drinks, becoming a farmer, and the size of her actual yard. If you ever find boys in your yard, it’s safe to assume Kelis’ milkshake is to blame. Credit: Sydney Morning Herald Straight up, I’ve got an 18-month-old son who weirdly loves Milkshake .
It has this magic effect on him every time it comes on. It was on my Spotify playlist last year because he likes it so much. Does the song still have a magic effect on you? I don’t know if a magic effect is the term I would use.
But it’s interesting to me, right? I love the fact that it’s lasted so long. I go through phases, though. It has been so long, so it’s got these ebbs and flows for me where sometimes I’m over it, and sometimes I think it’s pretty cool I was able to create something that’s lasted throughout, like, decades at this point.
It turned 20 last year, which is a good excuse for people like me to write stories about Milkshake . Were you forced to do a bunch of anniversary interviews? To be honest .