Ultra-smooth crooner Michael Bolton is having a moment right now, thanks to the release of his tongue-in-cheek Netflix one-off Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special. As a surprise for the hipsters of Los Angeles, Vanity Fair decided to insert Bolton behind the counter at popular third wave-coffee shop Alfred, and film him singing drink orders for unsuspecting customers. The trendy crowd instantly loves it. One especially stunned young man named Jay tells the camera: “I can’t go to Starbucks now — I’ve got to come here in the hopes that maybe Michael Bolton will return.”
Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special is a collaboration between the soft rock singer, the Lonely Island guys, and Scott Aukerman of Comedy Bang! Bang! The Lonely Island trio met Bolton while working on the song “Jack Sparrow” (161 million YouTube views and counting), and decided to keep in touch. Akiva Schaffer tells Vanity Fair: “When we find ourselves in the same town, we go out for drinks or lunch or something... It’s always a high point of my year.”
• Michael Bolton Sings Coffee Orders to Unsuspecting Customers [YouTube]