{"id":388860,"date":"2025-11-19T01:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/388860\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T01:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:43:10","slug":"david-byrne-releases-video-for-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/388860\/","title":{"rendered":"David Byrne releases video for “T Shirt”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a 73-year-old Talking Head, David Byrne sure doesn\u2019t take it easy. Currently touring<\/a> on his latest album, Who Is The Sky, which Matador released in September, Byrne has elaborated on his American Utopia Broadway experience and taken it on the road. He even found time to marry Mala Gaonkar, a hedge fund manager who collaborated with Byrne on a 2016 immersive theater experience. But while we should be saying \u201cMazel tov\u201d to the happy couple, Byrne has thrown yet another project at us. Released earlier today, the animated music video for a new song, \u201cT Shirt,\u201d written by Byrne and his old pal Brian Eno, has thoroughly distracted us from congratulating the newlyweds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Inspiration for the video, which sees a slew of sloganeering shirts spill their guts one after another, comes from the live show. During performances of \u201cT Shirt,\u201d a montage of people wearing expressive shirts plays on the screen behind Byrne. Though the song seemingly celebrates the graphic T, Byrne, in his extraterrestrial manner, channels the silliness of using T-shirt slogans to share political ideologies or states of mind. \u201cMy beliefs are on this t-shirt,\u201d he sings. \u201cMy religion\u2019s in my pants. My conditions on this iPhone. Everyone does what they want.\u201d While it doesn\u2019t sound like he\u2019s too thrilled about modern life, he comes back around at the end, declaring, \u201cNo pretention, no deep intentions. No mistaking what I meant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Byrnes\u2019s latest album, Who Is The Sky, came out in September. He\u2019s on tour now.<\/p>\n