according to popstar : never stop never stopping – the latest vehicle from the holy trinity – we can .
friends since junior high school and zeitgeist favorites online and on tv for the last decade , the lonely island guys andy samberg , akiva schaffer and jorma taccone have collaborated on a pitch - perfect take satirizing modern - day pop it 's no shame to laugh your ass off at the crazyass music business .
3.5 out of 4 stars title popstar : never stop never stopping written by andy samberg as conner4real , a rap star whose career is tanking .
we can also trust jorma taccone and akiva schaffer because we have trusted the lonely island to make us laugh and to make us sing .
or maybe he will love it and he wo n’t understand why it should give him the chills in the deep of night .
as was the case with the incomparable “ this is spinal tap ” and the equally sublime “ a mighty wind , ” the lonely island trio ’s boy band pop culture social media satire “ popstar : never stop never stopping ” clearly has a genuine admiration and affection for the very subject it hilariously skews .
but can we trust them to make us think ?
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it 's freestyle fun all the way .