Over the last few days, a musician on TikTok has been performing acoustic covers of rock songs using the unmistakable voice of South Park‘s Eric Cartman to give the tunes a comedic twist.
Fernando Ufret is the inventive singer-guitarist in question, as Comic Book pointed out on Monday (May 31). Since starting his TikTok @fernandoufret last week, the musician’s utilized his spot-on Cartman impression to capture otherwise subdued versions of tracks such as Linkin Park‘s “In the End,” his video rendition which has since gone viral. Ufret’s also covered Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ “Otherside” and Green Day‘s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” among other hits, using the same affectation.
Check out some of the so-called “CARTMANCUSTIC” cover songs down toward the bottom of this post.
“I never thought I needed to hear a whole Cartman album cover of Linkin Park before I died, but here we are” — that’s what a Twitter user named Sammy (@cxdro) said to potential listeners on Ufret’s Cartman-ized Linkin Park cover this week.
For those interested in hearing Ufret sing in his normal voice, however, the performer has plenty of other material available on his YouTube channel.
As with YouTube before it, the video-sharing social power of TikTok has given a new outlet to many burgeoning creators. Those include, to give just two other examples, musicians who do jazzy collaborations with cats in addition to singers making blink-182 covers in the style of Korn.
So, hey, why can’t Cartman be involved?
