{"id":9491,"date":"2020-03-04T18:27:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2025-07-09T01:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T05:19:07","slug":"supah-mario-lil-uzi-vert-that-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/supah-mario-lil-uzi-vert-that-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Supah Mario, Lil Uzi Vert, and an unexpected Backstreet Boys sample"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lil Uzi Vert seemingly never ceases to surprise his fans.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, few would have anticipated the content in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"his spontaneously-released cinematic trailer (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6vmQXoTB0QE&amp;feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\">the spontaneously-dropped cinematic trailer<\/a> for his upcoming album <em>Eternal Atake<\/em>, which features cybersecurity breaches and UFO abductions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another equally unexpected creative decision that Uzi brought to his highly-anticipated album is his single, &#8220;That Way,&#8221; which was released earlier this week. The track features none other than the hook from the Backstreet Boys&#8217; enduring hit &#8220;I Want It That Way.&#8221; What&#8217;s more, allegedly the vocals aren&#8217;t borrowed from the boy band&#8217;s original performance, but rather, the KIDZ BOP rendition, <a aria-label=\"according to Genius. 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