“John-Knee London”

In 2025 and 2026, Jonathan Curiel published writing that was went beyond his career-long work of journalism and nonfiction books. His two main creations: In late 2025, Curiel published a word-play dictionary called Word-Swerves! And in September 2026, he published a kind of word-play song called I’m Not in the Mood, So “Merde.”  (You can hear the song on YouTube.) Both the dictionary and the song use words that Curiel created entirely by himself. He’s a good writer! He’s won awards! But Curiel doesn’t think he’s a good singer. Nor does he think he has a voice that’s quite right for the podcast that accompanies Word-Swerves! So he got a little help from AI. And that means this: When you engage with these two creations — the podcast to Word-Swerves!, and the voice and instrumentation of the song I’m Not in the Mood, So “Merde” — you’ll encounter a trademarked character that Curiel created called “John-Knee London.” Jonathan loves the John-Knee London character. And he thinks you will, too!

Below are three images of Curiel’s work as John-Knee London. The first: John-Knee as seen on the homepage of Word-Swerves! The second image: The cover of his song, I’m Not in the Mood, So “Merde.” And below that on this page: The lyrics to the song. From the song’s image, you can probably tell that I’m Not in the Mood, So “Merde” is a country song. The song would work in all genres, but “country song” is the right genre for right now.