OutKast’s 2003 hit Hey Ya was a mega success for hip hop duo Big Boi and André 3000, but the lyrics are actually very sad.

Outkast's seminal hit "Hey Ya!" is one of the defining songs of the 2000s. An undeniably catchy earworm, its addictive melody and snappy hook have been filling dancefloors for the best part of the ...

This year, OutKast’s magnum opus “Hey Ya!” turns 20. That means that for the past two decades the world has been shaking it like a polaroid picture to “Hey Ya!” But what does the song really mean?

Just ten years ago, Big Boi and André 3000 (better known then as Outkast) released two lead singles off of their double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. One of them was called “Hey Ya!” and, boy, ...

“Hey Ya!” is a song about losing faith; and after 2003, André 3000 seemed to lose faith in the power of the artform. “Hey Ya!”’s outlook on relationships is bleak. André looks upon the excitement and ...

“If they drop the bomb, you got 20 minutes to get here,” says André 3000. “We’re gonna need a whole lotta water to make it for two weeks.” We’re in the third-floor sub-basement of André Benjamin’s ...

OK, now you may see another Lip Sync Battle video is up on the internet and you may not think too much about it, because we’ve seen a lot of them already. You may think they are played out at this ...

DOVER, DE - JUNE 21: Andre 3000 of Outkast performs onstage during day 3 of the Firefly Music Festival on June 21, 2014 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Firefly Music ...

John Legend and Stevie Wonder teamed up for a performance of "Hey Ya" on Spike TV's Lip Sync Battle. Legend and Wonder's rendition of Outkast's 2003 hit single was near-perfect. Legend plays the role ...

N E W   Y O R K, May 21, 2004 -- If you were able to get OutKast's crossover hit song "Hey Ya!" out of your head, count yourself among the few. Before dropping out of the race for Democratic ...

A nation that cannot faithfully reproduce OutKast’s “Hey Ya!” video on Lip Sync Battle must surely fall. Kena Betancur/Getty Images There are a couple of legitimate approaches to take when appearing ...

This cover from the former Pentatonix bass vocalist is cooler than cool Avi Kaplan announced that he was stepping back from Pentatonix in May, but now he’s back with his new solo project—Avriel & the ...