Periodically Double or Triple of spare instrumentation". Periodically Double or Triple Periodically Double or Triple is a song by American band Yo La Tengo, from their 2009 album "Popular Songs". The music video was directed by John McSwain, and features stop motion animation with pieces of fruit, interspersed with close-ups of various people eating fruit. "Stereogum" felt that it was "mellow" and "could have been written in the '60s", while "the Guardian" called it "strutting, tongue-in-cheek funk". "Pitchfork" faulted the lyrics as "reek(ing) of a distinct lack of confidence", but lauded the music, in particular the "out-of-nowhere elevator-music break". National Public Radio praised it
MTV Video Music Award for Quadruple Threat of the Year old format in 2008, though, this category did not come back. MTV Video Music Award for Quadruple Threat of the Year The MTV Video Music Award for Quadruple Threat of the Year was introduced in 2007, as the VMAs were revamped that year and a few new categories were introduced to the show. This award was peculiar for the MTV Video Music Awards, though, for (like Best Artist Website in 1999) it did not reward music nor music videos. Instead, the category awarded musical artists who excelled in at least three other areas beside their music career, such as acting,