David Byrne is closing off the rollout for his new album, Who Is The Sky (out this Friday via Matador), with a special collaboration with Hayley Williams on the final single, “What Is The Reason For It?”
The upbeat track is very inspired by regional Mexican mariachi music — from the percussion to the clever inclusion of trumpets — and is accompanied by an animated film by Dustin Yellin, featuring drawings by Byrne himself. But the production is credited to an Artificial Intelligence company called ArtOfficial.AI, and the animations were made using AI.
Watch it below:
He also premiered the song with a band and backup dancers on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:
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