WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has recorded a musical spoof on his Australian political party for cult web series Rap News, satirising rock star John Farnham in a wig and denim shirt.
Assange, who started the WikiLeaks Party to run for office in next month’s Australian election, modified the words to Farnham’s 1986 hit You’re the Voice in a video for the online programme, which raps about current affairs.
The former computer hacker undergoes a makeover inside the Ecuador embassy in London for the shoot, donning a mullet wig - short on top but long in the back - to sing in the stylised segment.
He sings of making things “leak so we can get much bolder” and that “we’re all wire-tapped now, we’re all being fed lies”, telling voters that they’re “the light that the world’s demanding, make it bright and make things clear”.
Assange has a few quintessentially Aussie costume changes - all accompanied by the wig - for the short clip. It was shot in the embassy compound where he has been holed up for more than a year, fighting extradition to Sweden where he is wanted for questioning over sexual assault claims.