He’s the Australian star who takes his music career very seriously.
But Guy Sebastian decided to team up with comedians Hamish Blake and Andy Lee on Saturday to deliver a carefully planned prank to some of Australia’s top radio executives.
The 35-year-old was given poorly written lyrics by the comedy duo, who asked him to turn it into a song in half an hour and then present it in front of the Hit Network bosses.
‘Love is a coconut’: Guy Sebastian decided to team up with Hamish Blake and Andy Lee on Saturday to deliver a carefully planned prank to some of Australia’s top radio executives
Hamish and Andy challenged Guy to convince the network executives that the song – titled ‘Coconut Love’ – should be his brand new single.
Containing the lines ‘Love is a coconut, the palm tree of life/Crack one open with me and be my wife/Maybe we’ll have a son, maybe we’ll have a daughter/Come swim with me in the coconut water’, Guy described the song as a ‘different sound’ for him.
‘I feel like it could be the next single,’ he told the bosses.
Pranksters: Hamish and Andy challenged Guy to convince the network executives that the song – titled ‘Coconut Love’ – would be his brand new single
‘I feel like it could be the next single’: The Hit bosses did not look to be too impressed
The Hit bosses did not look to be too impressed, the most being Matthew ‘Eggo’ Eggleston, who after the song finished, accused the Australian Idol winner of pulling his leg.
After labelling the genre of his song ‘tropical house’, Eggo became unsure that the song was Guy’s.
‘I feel like you’re having me on,’ he told Guy.
‘I feel like you’re having me on’: Matthew ‘Eggo’ Eggleston called Guy out after the song finished, and claimed that the first Australian Idol was not being serious
‘I listen to the lyrics and I just didn’t think it would be something you’d do.’
Hamish and Andy then erupted in the room to confirm Eggo’s suspicions, as the bosses then realised they had been pranked.
Praising Guy for keeping it together through the whole ordeal, the comedy duo then reminded the executives that the ‘gag was over’ and they wouldn’t be doing it again.
‘It won’t happen again, so next time don’t be like ‘Hey Sia, that’s a joke right?” Hamish Blake said.
One big joke: Hamish and Andy then erupted in the room to confirm Eggo’s suspicions, as the bosses then realised they had been pranked