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It sounds like Weird Al trying to be Michael Jackson trying to be Weird Al.

As a non native speaker, it does sound a bit like Michael Jackson imo…

Sometimes I’ll watch a movie with voiceover work, where some character has a very specific accent, and I’ll be watching along for twenty minutes and the VA will let slip just a couple syllables of their real voice and my ears will prick up and I’ll think, hey I know this guy. Isn’t that… oh the guy from the thing. From <wrong movie>, no wait I mean <other movie>? Yes, it is.

That’s what this sounds like. Five syllables of Michael Jackson while he’s trying to be Action Hero or Big Villain, or Funny Sidekick (a problem Eddie Murphy has never had, all evidence from Coming to America notwithstanding).

The best Michael Jackson interpreter in a town of 50,000 could do better than this. It’s… this is bad.

I know what you mean. Its more noticeable (imo) on the Michael one.... but its definitely in there. I think the pitch correction is to blame for a bit of the weirdness.