Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know Everybody Lip Syncs with Demi Adejuyigbe and Moshe Kasher | 23

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 1989, a hot new duo took the world by storm. With their sexy looks, enigmatic accents, and flashy moves, Rob and Fab of Milli Vanilli became bonafide breakout stars. But thanks to a controlling producer, the artists were forced to fake the funk and didn't sing a single note on their album. Once their secret was revealed, Milli Vanilli became the butt of every joke, with their producer laughing all the way to the bank.

Comedians Demi Adejuyigbe (Gilmore Guys, The Good Place) and Moshe Kasher (The Endless Honeymoon Podcast) join Misha to relive the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Milli Vanilli.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad-free.
0:05.3	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:19.7	It's the 1990 Grammy Awards, and everyone's eyes are glued to Rob Pilatus and Fab Morven,
0:28.6	aka Millie Vanilli, the Hot new duo out of Germany.
0:34.2	Hot is an understatement. These dudes are smoking. Not only because they're physically attractive,
0:41.9	which they are, Rob with his jade green eyes and fab with that dreamy grin, both statuesque dancers.
0:51.5	But their music is burning up the charts. An overnight success, Millie Vanilli has sold
0:58.1	millions of poppy R&B albums, and they're up for Best New Artist at the Grammys. The duo is about
1:07.4	to perform their hit single, Girl You Know It's True, for countless music fans around the world.
1:14.7	But Rob and Fabb have a terrible secret.
1:19.6	Neither of them has actually sung a single note on their award-nominated album,
1:26.4	and if they sing live tonight, everyone will hear the
1:30.9	truth. This deception is the work of Frank Farian, their producer behind the curtain,
1:37.7	polling all the strings. Tonight, he's polled one more, breaking the rules of the award ceremony by arranging for
1:46.9	Millie Vanilli to lip sync on stage.
1:50.1	The performance goes well.
1:52.4	Now they just have to hope they don't win the Grammy, or else they'll definitely get caught.
2:01.6	Here are two former world-class break dancers, nominated for Grammys who have become huge international stars with record sales in the millions.
2:10.6	Well, girl, you know it's true. It can only mean millie-vinilly.
2:14.6	It's been a burden that they've carried the last 18 months.
2:18.3	However, once the album hit, it became such a humongous hit that it just kind of got bigger than the both of them.
2:24.3	Well, maybe they wouldn't have been so disgraced if they hadn't been so successful.
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