Tunde Adebimpe - Somebody New

What this video is

Released in April 2025, 'Somebody New' is the fourth pre-release single from Tunde Adebimpe's debut solo album Thee Black Boltz on Sub Pop Records — his first fully independent creative statement outside of TV on the Radio, a band he has fronted for over two decades. The video arrives amid a broader moment of renewed visibility for Adebimpe, following TV on the Radio's live reunion after a five-year hiatus and…

Why it matters

The video codifies a strand of mid-2020s indie art-pop that blends synth-heavy dance music with self-directed, theatrically surrealist visuals. As a self-directed work by a multi-hyphenate artist, it represents an auteurist mode of music video production increasingly common in the Sub Pop and…

The director

Tunde Adebimpe is a musician, actor, animator, director, and visual artist, best known as the lead vocalist of Brooklyn indie rock band TV on the Radio. He has acted in films including Rachel Getting Married and the 2024 blockbuster Twisters, and appeared in…