History Music / LMFAO

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

-->''And that's what I'm talking about,''
-->''Two girls at the club, mouth to mouth...''

-->''I'm Skyblu and that's my nigga Redfoo.''

* NWordPrivileges: All over the place.

* BandOfRelatives: Redfoo is Skyblu's uncle, and he party rocks like the best of them. (Redfoo's father/Skyblu's grandfather is Berry Gordy, the founder of Creator/{{Motown}}.)

LMFAO was an electro pop group consisting of Redfoo and Skyblu (respectively Stefan Kendal Gordy and his 10-years-younger nephew Skyler Austen Gordy). The group was originally created in 2006, and named "Sexe Dude", but they changed it on advice from their grandmother.

* CheapHeat: The {{Bowdlerize}}d version "I'm In Miami Trick" had [[http://www.last.fm/music/LMFAO/I%27m+In+Your+City+Trick an album's worth of changing the city name.]]

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMFAO The Other Wiki]].

* NotableMusicVideos: Nearly every video by them, especially "Party Rock Anthem", "Sexy And I Know It", "Sorry For Party Rocking" and "Champagne Showers".

* OlderThanTheyLook: With the group being popular in 2012, fans can be forgiven for thinking LMFAO are young bucks. However Redfoo was born in 1975 and is in his mid-40's (as of 2021).

** : In "Party Rock Anthem."

* OlderThanTheyLook: With the group being popular in 2012, fans can be forgiven for thinking LMFAO are young bucks. However Redfoo was born in 1975 and is nearing 40.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Right there in the band name, which is an Internet chat acronym for "Laughing My [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] Ass Off."

* FunnyAfro: Redfoo's afro is ''enormous''. Not that Skyblu is a slouch in that department, either.

* DrinkOrder: Red Bull and vodka is their favorite, but quite a few different drinks are named in "Shots".

* BandOfRelatives[=/=]CoolUncle: Redfoo is Skyblu's uncle, and he party rocks like the best of them. (Redfoo's father/Skyblu's grandfather is Berry Gordy, the founder of Creator/{{Motown}}.)

* {{Bowdlerize}}: "I'm in Miami Trick" [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch is not the song's real name.]]

* CatchPhrase: They use the phrase "Party Rocking" everywhere (both album titles, their SignatureSong, their clothing line...).

* ContinuityNod: The end of the music video for "Sorry For Party Rocking" leads up to the beginning of the music video for "Party Rock Anthem".

* FunnyAfro: Redfoo's afro is ''enormous''.
** Not that Skyblu is a slouch in that department, either.

** Or "Laughing My Fat Ass Off." Either way, the word ''ass'' is in there.

* HiddenDepths: Redfoo is a former stock market day trader and once appeared on ''Mad Money'' with Jim Cramer.
** He is also an avid UsefulNotes/{{Tennis}} fan, going so far as to sponsor the prize money for some of the WTA tournaments in 2012. In unrelated news, he revealed he was romantically involved with world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka in January 2013.
* {{Hipster}}: Skyblu describes his entire shtick as being "dressed like it's the 80s".

* RecurringCharacter: Alongside the cardboard head shuffling robot, there are a few other people that appear alongside the band
** A guy wearing a "HI MOM!" shirt, a man wearing a large Q necklace, and the turtle backpack shuffler are the most prominent.

* ShoutOut: In "Party Rock Anthem."

* FunnyAfro: Skyblu's afro is ''enormous''.
** Not that Redfoo is a slouch in that department, either.

!!! "Party Troping":

LMFAO is an electro pop group consisting of Redfoo and Skyblu (respectively Stefan Kendal Gordy and his 10-years-younger nephew Skyler Austen Gordy). The group was originally created in 2006, and named "Sexe Dude", but they changed it on advice from their grandmother.

The duo announced its hiatus in 2012.

In 2011 their single "Party Rock Anthem" hit the charts, peaking at number one. The group proved to be popular enough to get a quick cameo in Music/{{Madonna}}'s SuperBowl XLVI halftime show.

* ProductPlacement: In "Sorry for Party Rocking", "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It", you'll see Beats by Dr. Dre headphones/earphones at least once.

** In the video for "''Champagne Showers''", it's revealed that Redfoo and Sky Blu have become Shufflin' Zombies, and are now looking for the "perfect party". This leads them to one [[spoiler:thrown by FemmeFatale vampires]], and thrown by Natalia Kills.

** He is also an avid {{Tennis}} fan, going so far as to sponsor the prize money for some of the WTA tournaments in 2012. In unrelated news, he revealed he was romantically involved with world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka in January 2013.

* SoleSurvivor: The [[Left4Dead Louis]] {{Expy}} from "Party Rock Anthem" is the only character who escapes infection during the video.