{"id":1995368,"date":"2025-09-03T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1995368"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:21:17","slug":"david-byrne-shares-new-single-what-is-the-reason-for-it-featuring-paramores-hayley-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/david-byrne-shares-new-single-what-is-the-reason-for-it-featuring-paramores-hayley-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"David Byrne shares new single ‘What Is The Reason For It?’ featuring Paramore’s Hayley Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Byrne<\/a> has released his new single \u2018What Is The Reason For It?\u2019, featuring vocals from Paramore<\/a>\u2019s Hayley Williams<\/a> \u2013 listen below.<\/p>\n

The former Talking Heads<\/a> frontman is preparing to release his latest solo album \u2018Who Is The Sky?\u2019 this Friday (September 5) via Matador Records, which you can pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is his first solo record since 2018\u2019s \u2018American Utopia<\/a>\u2019 and he has already shared the singles \u2018She Explains Things To Me<\/a>\u2019, \u2018Everybody Laughs<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018The Avant Garde<\/a>\u2019, and now he is back with the vibrant, danceable \u2018What Is The Reason For It?\u2019.<\/p>\n

The track sees acrobatic interplay between Byrne and Williams\u2019 vocals, while swirling strings, playful brass and a sashaying rhythm make for a classic Byrne sound. Watch the video, featuring Byrne\u2019s line drawings animated by artist Dustin Yellin, here:<\/p>\n