Vampire Weekend cover Bob Dylan’s ‘Jokerman’ in homage to awful typeface

If you’ve been following Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig on social media recently, you’ll have noticed a certain obsession.

Jokerman is, according to its Wikipedia page, a typeface created in 1995 “mostly used for humour and vitality”.

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thank you @asiandan for sending me this pic. James Brown hanging w/ George W. Bush while holding a shirt with Jokerman text. Yes - it’s real

A post shared by Ezra Koenig (@arze) on Dec 8, 2018 at 4:09pm PST

Ezra even interviewed the typeface’s designer, Andrew K Smith, on his latest Time Crisis episode.

As it happens, Actual Legendary Songwriter Bob Dylan has a track called ‘Jokerman’. So you know what Ezra and his Vampire Weekend pals did after the frontman’s interview at GQ Live in Los Angeles the other day. Because of course…

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@vampireweekend covering @bobdylan at an intimate private show at @neuehouse #Jokerman @gq #privateshow #livemusic #cover #VampireWeekend #BobDylan

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Vampire Weekend should be releasing the follow-up to 2013’s epic ‘Modern Vampires of the City’ in 2019.

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Ezra Koenig and Vampire Weekend killing it at GQLIVE! #gqlive2018

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