{
  "id": 8033569,
  "title": "Les Claypool Records New Theme Song For South America (FKA South Park)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/les-claypool-records-new-theme-song-for-south-america-fka-south-park",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T13:44:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2511725/les-claypool-records-new-theme-song-for-south-america-fka-south-park/music/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Do you ever think about how much money Primus must've made for recording their incredibly annoying 30-second South Park theme song all those decades ago? South Park debuted in 1997! I don't know how all the contracts and residuals must work, but I have to imagine that Les Claypool pretty much turned himself into Scrooge McDuck there. If you were to tell me that Claypool was the second-richest…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}