Wasteland

“Yippie Ki Yay“ is the second single released by Minnesota indie rock band Hippo Campus for their fourth studio album Wasteland. The song officially dropped on March 21, 2023 with an official visualizer. “we initially started writing this song 6 years ago. it’s a story within a story. the narrative follows a character who has been outlawed but zooms out in each chorus to the perspective of the characters writing the story. it deals with Read more on Last.fm.

Hippo Campus was formed in 2013 by Jake Luppen (lead vocals & guitar), Nathan Stocker (lead guitar & vocals), Zach Sutton (bass & keys) and Whistler Allen (drums & vocals) after the four-piece met at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. Their first EP was released that same year, but was taken down when 2015 EPs Bashful Creatures and South was dropped. The band's first LP, landmark was released in early 2017, and was followed by warm glow (EP). During this time, DeCarlo Jackson (trumpet, bass & percussion), who had been in a band with Nathan and Whistler in high school, started touring with the band. In 2018, the band released their second LP, Bambi. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.