Jack Black Confirms His Hard Rock Cover of Britney Spears' '...Baby One More Time' Appears inKung Fu Panda 4

Mar. 15, 2025

Jack Black and Kyle Gass (left) and Britney Spears (right).Photo:Araya Doheny/WireImage

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Speaking at theKung Fu Panda 4premierein Los Angeles on Sunday, Black, 54, — who plays the role of Po in the upcoming movie — revealed the origins ofthe cover, which he put together with his friend andTenacious Dbandmate,Kyle Gass, 63.

“Yeah. So, people don’t know … I don’t even know if I’m allowed to say. I’m just going to give you the scoop, but the director, Mike, said, ‘Hey. We’d love to have a Tenacious D song …,’ Black told reporters. “That’s Mike right there … ‘at the end credits. Will you do a song?’ ”

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Jack Black at the premiere of ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’.Araya Doheny/WireImage

Black continued that he and Gass “cranked out a Tenacious D version of, and it’s going to be at the end credits.”

“Then we’re like, ‘Hey. Let’s do a music video on the red carpet, black and white carpet, so that’s what we’re doing,’ ” he added.

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In the video for the song, which was shared onTikTokearlier this month, Black and Gass dance in a living room as they move to the sounds of an electric guitar and theSchool of Rockstar’s vocals.

Black then holds up a fist with the word “BABY” written across his fingers. “Tenacious B! 🐼,” hisTikTokandInstagramcaptions read, while on X (formerly known as Twitter),the band wrote, “STILL BELIEVE 🐼💥🐯.”

Fans speculated that the song was connected toKung Fu Panda 4thanks to the panda emojis attached to the post.

Kung Fu Panda 4is in theaters March 8.

source: people.com