In his 30-plus-year career, “Weird” Al Yankovic has done a lot of weird things, almost too many to count here. But now the man who made the Amish dope and dropped songs about food and depressing horoscopes is taking a seemingly random turn toward the dramatic (kinda) with his upcoming album, Alpocalypse. Check out the video above and witness the majesty of Mr. Yankovic ascending a steed to ride as one of the Four Horsemen (that would make him the Horsemen of Bad Fros, right?). Beyond some of the most Al-inspiring (see what we did there) artwork, info on the LP is limited, save for a release date of June 21st (via Jive Records) and a track that fought its way to existence like a mighty Viking.

In a blog entry, Yankovic wrote that he came up with the idea to parody Gaga’s “Born This Way” with a track called “Perform This Way”. After being told by Gaga’s management to send a completed song prior to approval, Yankovic pounded it out before being promptly denied by her people. While his new plan then became putting the song out for free and on YouTube, Yankovic was informed later that day that Gaga had now actually heard the song (as opposed to her veto-happy manager pulling the trigger prematurely) and was free to drop it as the lead single of Alpocalypse.

Check out “Perform This Way” below; all proceeds from the song, including those of an “awesome” upcoming music video, will go to the Human Rights Campaign.