When it comes to the Lonely Island, the ball leash whose “Saturday Night Live” agenda shorts like “Lazy Sunday,” “I’m on a Boat” and “Jizz in My Pants” accept become immense viral sensations, it’s best to apprehend the unexpected.

MTV News got a authority of the Lonely Island — comprised of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone — at the Ball Awards, area they performed their Akon accord “I Just Had Sex,” but it didn’t booty continued for the accumulation to booty ahold of our interview.

Our own Josh Horowitz attempted to ask the funnymen about their accessible anthology Turtleneck & Chain, which drops May 10, but they absitively to account one addition instead.

Schaffer asked, to neither of his musical/comedy ally in particular: “Any bedfellow stars we should apperceive about?” To which Samberg accurately responded, “I don’t know, you anytime heard of Justin Timberlake or, like, Rihanna? You anytime heard of her? … Do you apperceive a guy alleged Akon? ‘Cause we do!” Upon audition that, Schaffer attempt back, “Wow, I’m sold. Thank you.”

Fans are best absolutely accustomed with Timberlake, who has appeared on a cardinal of accepted Lonely Island tracks, including “Di– in a Box” and “Motherlover,” the closing of which will arise on Turtleneck & Chain.

Another clue on the green anthology admirers accept already become accustomed with is their dance-along cardinal with Nicki Minaj alleged “The Creep,” which debuted during the January 29 adventure of “SNL.”

“She’s great,” Samberg said of Minaj. “She’s a little weirdo.” Schaffer agreed: “As anon as we saw she existed, we were like, ‘We accept to do article with her!’ ”

But that wasn’t all that drew the three men to the aberrant rapper, as Samberg joked, “We allotment a lot of attributes with her, ’cause it’s like lots of abundant rapping ability, super-bangin’ bods, absolutely acute faculty of style, nice smelling … did I say bangin’ bods?”