Flight of the Conchords’ US reunion brings needed joy: ‘Grateful you accepted people from outside your country’

The New Zealand duo’s first performances in eight years showcase their signature wit and understated charm When Robots, Flight of the Conchords’ songabout an android uprising told from the robots’ perspective, came out in 2008, it seemed like pure comedy. Now the story feels all too real, and the lyrics have been updated accordingly. “Humans invented artificial intelligence, and then they had us doing really stupid shit with it,” Jemaine Clement, in the role of a frustrated robot, explained o...

By Matthew Cantor in Los Angeles