The story behind All Star, the Smash Mouth song that inspired a thousand Shrek memes

All Star is a song that has enjoyed more prosperous returns than Tyson Fury – and it almost didn't appear on their second ...
The Daily Dot

Behind the internet’s freakish obsession with Shrek

The video clip opens with a boy kneeling beside his bed in prayer. It’s not to God, but to Shrek, the world’s most popular ogre. “Shrek is love,” the boy mutters. “Shrek is life.” No, it’s not some ...
GQ

The Internet's Endless Obsession with Smash Mouth's "All Star"

The first time I tried to sing “All Star” at karaoke, I bombed. It lives in a weird range for me—too low or high depending on the octave I choose. But it didn’t matter. The bar flipped its shit when ...
Mashable

At a Shrek rave in New York City, a meme comes to life

If Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to move the offline world online into the metaverse, Ka5sh is one of the many forces battling to do the exact opposite: to bring a meme to life. "Shrek, along with ...