Stefan Abingdon
| The Midnight Beast | |
|---|---|
| Origin | London |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Sounds Like Good (created in March 2012) |
| Associated acts | Hadouken!, The Clik Clik, Cast of Lions (formerly Chapters), Perfect People, leslie wai |
| Website | www |
| Members | Stefan Abingdon(vocals, guitar, piano) Dru Wakely(vocals, drums) Ashley Horne(vocals, bass) |
The Midnight Beast, sometimes abbreviated as TMB, is a British comedy/parody music group from London. They are most famous for their YouTube cover-parody of the 2009 single "TiK ToK" by American pop artist Ke$ha. The group currently has three members: Stefan Abingdon, Dru Wakely and Ashley Horne.
The Midnight Beast had 424,324 subscribers and 71,761,413 views combined on their YouTube channel (as of March 2015), as well as 405,650 Facebook fans as of March 2014. The group's songs often appear on iTunes music charts with their recent album reaching Number Two in the iTunes Music charts, and their accompanying music videos routinely reaching over 1 million views on YouTube. On Christmas Day 2009, the "TiK ToK" parody was featured on the front page of MTV.com. The group has also made videos in collaboration with BBC Comedy and MTV Rocks.
The group has garnered praise from many of the artists that they have parodied as both Ke$ha and Jay Sean have tweeted positive reactions to the parody of their respective songs, TiK ToK and Down, with Ke$ha stating "holy. shit. this is better than my version", and Jay Sean posting "Hahha brilliant. Someone should mix this with 'pants on the ground.'"
The Midnight Beast has also attracted minor controversy with its music. In an online post from February 2011, Metro, a British newspaper, raised issue with the lyrics of "Use Ya Head", a sexual education-themed skit made for the Marie Stopes International charity's Have A Larc organisation, which promotes safe sex. The paper cited the lines "One up the bum and it’s no harm done" and "One up the bum and you won’t be a mum'" stating that it appeared that the group was suggesting anal sex as a birth control method. It also quoted unnamed critics who mentioned that the video failed to point out that anal sex could still lead to the transmission of STDs.
The group released a semi-autobiographical book, titled Book at Us Now, on 27 October 2011. The book included interviews with the band members, the history of The Midnight Beast, as well as explanation of the group's videos and songs. The group held book signings around the country in a promotion titled The Book at Us Now Tour.
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