If you’re into powerhouse vocals wrapped in something a little strange, a little emotional, and a little irreverent, Candi Carpenter just dropped something you’re going to want in rotation. The alternative disruptor has released the video for their latest single, “Friday Night (Three Stacks on the Radio)”, a wildly sincere reinterpretation inspired by comedian Tim Robinson and his chaos loving series “I Think You Should Leave.”
The inspiration comes from the “Friday” sketch, where Robinson stands at a funeral delivering an awkwardly heartfelt eulogy that teeters between ridiculous and weirdly moving. Carpenter takes that setup and replaces the deadpan delivery with their own explosive, Gaga-level vocal power, giving “Friday Night (Three Stacks on the Radio)” a cinematic edge no one saw coming but everyone instantly gets. It’s dramatic without losing the joke, funny without losing the heart.
Talking about why this sketch meant so much to them, Carpenter said that Robinson’s comedy feels like home. As a fellow Michigan kid who learned to cope with hard moments by making jokes, they admitted that half their personality might just be lines from the show at this point. Covering the track and recreating parts of the sketch became a way of saying thank you to a series that helped them and their friends get through a lot. Carpenter even joked that if I Think You Should Leave ever becomes an official religion, they’d consider signing up.
The video, directed and presented by Carpenter, captures all of that energy. It pulls from the sketch but ends up standing firmly on its own, walking a tightrope between heartfelt performance and self-aware humor. The visuals are sharp thanks to photographer Savannah Grimm, who frames Carpenter in a way that makes the whole world feel like it’s teetering between sincerity and satire.
If you’ve followed Carpenter at all, this release fits perfectly into the world they’ve been building. They’re the mind behind the 2025 protest burner “American God” and the haunting “The Fear Of Being Human Remains,” two tracks that cemented them as an artist unafraid to dig into identity, religion, sexuality, trauma, and all the beautifully messy corners of being alive. Candi Carpenter (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, openly autistic singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-disciplinary artist whose entire creative identity is built around honesty and pushing boundaries. No filters, no pretending, no shrinking themselves to make anyone else comfortable.
They’re quickly becoming a voice for the misunderstood, the exhausted, the fabulous, and the people who survive by laughing through the pain. If “Friday Night (Three Stacks on the Radio)” is any sign of what’s ahead, Carpenter plans on staying loud, weird, authentic, and completely unavoidable.
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