Steve Carell approved the message.
he samples on the song are pulled from the episode “Threat Level Midnight” that sees Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell) debut his action movie to the Dunder Mifflin office. Lines such as “I haven’t done that dance since my wife died” and “You should enter it in festivals” is heard on the song, and according to Rolling Stone, Steve had to personally sign off on the matter.
“They had to get approval of all the cast that was on it,” B.J. Novak (writer, executive producer and actor) told the publication. “I was fine with it regardless. but I was like ‘Wow, bonus: This is a banger.’”
Billie’s “Bad Guy” track is currently sitting at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 while “Bury A Friend” is at #27 and moving up.
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