“Song of the summer”: Karl Stefanovic appears in wild 50th birthday music video
Karl Stefanovic has confused and delighted fans in equal measure with the release of a bizarre music video to celebrate his 50th birthday.
The Today Show host teamed up with singer Keli Holiday, also known as one half of music duo Peking Duk, to star in a cover of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers’ 1983 classic Islands In The Stream.
The newly formed duo performed the song with their silk shirts blowing in the wind in full 1980s music video style, showing off their chests.
Holiday took to his Instagram on Wednesday to tease the musical team up, sharing screenshots from private messages in which Stefanovic reached out to say, "I'm prepared to do a duet with you".
“I shared this sentiment online to see if the people shared that same yearning for a Keli-Karl duet and the response was an overwhelming ‘yes’. What you hear and see here is raw, unadulterated fun. A gift from a man on his 50th birthday. That’s how giving Karl is. Enjoy it. Revel in it. We hope you love it as much as we loved making it,” said Holiday.
The response to the video has been mostly positive, while some people couldn't contain their confusion.
“This is so Australian, it should be used as a tourism advertisement,” reads one top-rated comment read.
“Just dropped to my knees in Aldi,” commented one fellow Aussie musician, while another called it the "Song of the year."
Another person commented, "What is going on?? I feel like I’ve just woken up from a bender at 3am with Rage playing hilariously bad 80’s videos…", while Karl's wife Jasmine added, "You need to wear eyeliner all the time now. Suits you!"
Image credits: Instagram