With 14 years and 15 seasons under its white apron, Bob’s Burgers is kicking off season 16 on Sunday night with its landmark 300th episode — and Jack Black is helping mark the occasion with an epic new music video, premiering exclusively on Billboard below.
The “Grease and Fear” music video opens with a chorus of hamburgers, singing a cascading harmony of la-la-la’s, before a power chord kicks in and a caped frontman is revealed among a band dressed in burger costumes. That frontman? The inimitable Jack Black, who, even in animated form, is instantly recognizable with his bushy gray-striped beard and jigging dance moves.
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“There was once a man who dreamed a dream, a dream of burgers/ Beef, tomatoes, lettuce and some buns,” Black begins the dramatic song. “But sometimes dreaming burger dreams and dreams of burgers/ Can make a burger dream become undone/ Not talking well-done, not talking medium well-done/ We’re saying burger dreams can make you come undone.”
For the “Bob’s Buskers” music video, the Minecraft star is joined by John Kimbrough, Scott Seiver and John Spiker, all of whom have toured with and produced for Black’s band Tenacious D — so it makes sense that “Grease and Fear” has some very D-like rock-opera energy.
Watch the full video below:
The song will air during the end credits of Sunday’s 300th episode of Bob’s Burgers, titled “Grand Pre-Pre-Pre-Opening,” which brings Bob and Linda Belcher back to the beginning to tell the origin story of those burger dreams Black is singing about. A description of the new episode reads: “Bob and Linda are on the verge of a big decision which brings up memories of when the restaurant first opened. Meanwhile, the kids embark on a new musical project.”
Over its almost decade-and-a-half on the air, Bob’s Burgers has created a rich musical legacy, with the cast performing hundreds of original songs (2017’s The Bob’s Burgers Music Album alone includes 112 songs from the show’s first six seasons) and famous fans like The National, St. Vincent, Fiona Apple and Sleater-Kinney voicing characters and covering songs. “Fear and Grease” marks the first time Jack Black has been involved in the long-running show.
The 300th episode of Bob’s Burgers premieres Sunday night at 9:30 p.m. ET on FOX and streaming next day on Hulu.
