mrmeadows wrote:Of the bunch you list, I like the idea of "Perfect" the most, but I think "Havana" has the kind of hook that makes it the most ripe to be parodied.
"Wakanda, ooh na-na..." 
Wow! Thank God someone else out there thought the same thing I did about the possible Havana/Wakanda connection! With "Black Panther" currently proving to be a massive hit at the box office, that would be perfect for Al to do right now if it weren't for the miniscule amount of lead time he would've had thus far to pull it off.
Still, AL could put this put AFTER the tour if he doesn't have too much of a fear of both the song and film appearing too dated but it would work perfectly well in Al's favor in this post record contract/Internet only release Era of releases.
Also, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced Al may want to tackle "Shape Of You" rather than "Perfect" if he wanted to do an Ed Sheeran parody.
I could also see Al wanting to debut whatever this new song is on the first date of the tour on Tuesday the advent of YouTube be damned but I'm not convinced he will end up doing that just yet. I'm sure he knows full well it would only be a "surprise" to one audience.
Then again, he did debut "Party At The Leper Colony" a full year before Poodle Hat came out and bootleg footage of that one existed at the time. I'm sure he knew full well that even back then it would get around. Plus, he did the exact same thing with "Polka Face" on the 2010 tour before Alpocalypse was out. He didn't really have a choice anyway and I'm sure he knew it would circulate like wildfire (which it did).
After that, the Mandatory tour was nothing but fully released songs so while I won't deny that as a possibility,
something does make me think Al may be done with debuting any brand new unreleased songs in concert for good.
...and if he does release just one new single on Friday, I'm positive that a weekend and a Monday would be all WE really need to familiarize ourselves with it anyway.
Life is a bowl of three-legged salamanders swimming around in an infinite ocean of strawberry jello...