{"id":2430913,"date":"2026-05-25T03:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2430913"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:21:20","slug":"thom-yorke-debuts-new-song-space-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/thom-yorke-debuts-new-song-space-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Thom Yorke Debuts New Song &#8216;Space Walk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"auto-tag_thom-yorke\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/t\/thom-yorke\/\" data-tag=\"thom-yorke\" target=\"_blank\">Thom Yorke<\/a> debuted a new song titled \u201cSpace Walk\u201d Thursday at the Ivor Novello Awards, where the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"auto-tag_radiohead\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/t\/radiohead\/\" data-tag=\"radiohead\" target=\"_blank\">Radiohead<\/a> singer received the prestigious Academy Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was handed the award by surprise presenter Harry Styles, who revealed that he lost his virginity while listening to Radiohead\u2019s \u201cTalk Show Host\u201d; Styles then quipped, \u201c<em>the intro<\/em> of \u2018Talk Show Host.\u2019\u201d \u201cThom Yorke has always had a way with words,\u201d Styles said, adding that Radiohead is his \u201cfavourite band.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYpIX4EjIO9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>Yorke then performed his solo piano track \u201cSpace Walk\u201d as well as an acoustic rendition of Radiohead\u2019s \u201cJigsaw Falling Into Place.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thom Yorke performed a new song at the Ivor Novello Awards\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z__nqiVMNEA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In his own acceptance speech (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-says-he-lost-his-virginity-to-radioheads-talk-show-host-check-out-his-full-speech-in-tribute-to-thom-yorke-at-the-ivor-novellos-2026-3946807\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">via <em>NME<\/em><\/a>), Yorke chided the current state of the music industry and its over-reliance on streaming services and playlists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of lip service is paid to new music with self-serving playlists, and to the idea of a vital music scene,\u201d Yorke said. \u201cBut there is a refusal to offer even a semblance of a sustainable revenue source for the majority of musicians. And they continue the nasty fucking opaque accounting tricks that major labels were doing in the Nineties.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYpPPbxDhx8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>Yorke continued, \u201cSo I guess I\u2019d like to provide a quick reminder to the top of the industry and streaming services: Pull your finger out. Where are you gonna get your next juicy back catalogues from, eh? This industry will die and arseholes with it, if all you do is devalue the next generation of artists and their fans. Just remember: without us, you ain\u2019t shit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Radiohead\u2019s Ed O\u2019Brien (accidentally?) let slip that Yorke would likely release a solo album in 2026 following a three-LP run with the Smile; it\u2019s unclear whether \u201cSpace Walk\u201d is destined for that upcoming album, Yorke\u2019s first solo LP since 2019\u2019s <em>Anima<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/thom-yorke-new-song-space-walk-speech-ivor-novello-awards-1235567634\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone US<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thom Yorke debuted a new song titled \u201cSpace Walk\u201d Thursday at the Ivor Novello Awards, where the Radiohead singer received the prestigious Academy Fellowship. 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