Shia LaBeouf (song)

The song describes an encounter and battle with LaBeouf, portrayed as an "actual cannibal" who lives in a forest and hunts people for sport.

[4] On October 21, 2014, Cantor released a music video for an extended version of "Shia LaBeouf", in which he and an ensemble of artists perform the song on stage.

[7] Having worked with him previously, Cantor first approached cinematographer Scott Uhlfelder in April 2014 about making a "Shia LaBeouf" music video.

When the production team continued "having more good ideas that we wanted to bring to fruition" like the aerialists and LaBeouf himself, Cantor provided the remaining $8,000 (equivalent to $10,626 in 2024).

"[1] LaBeouf's cameo was the last part filmed:[6] he was lit to evoke the clapping scene from Citizen Kane (LeBeouf's own idea), and his was the only audio captured on set that day.

Of the juxtaposition of 3D papercraft LaBeouf heads[2]—created by Eric Testroete,[1] and which took 80 man-hours to assemble, professional performers in classical arts, and his absurd song about a cannibalistic Hollywood star, Cantor called the production bathos.

[2] The Huffington Post called the production "more ridiculous than ever" and especially impressive given the limitations involved; they opined that the attention given to this release could serve to reinvigorate LaBeouf's celebrity.