{"id":2518421,"date":"2026-07-27T00:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2518421"},"modified":"2026-07-27T00:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:33:59","slug":"listen-to-michael-stipes-new-song-hum-desiderata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-to-michael-stipes-new-song-hum-desiderata\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Michael Stipe\u2019s New Song \u201cHum Desiderata\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Stipe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/5999-michael-stipe\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;mbid=synd_yahoo_rss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Stipe<\/a> has a new song out today, but you won&#8217;t be able to find it on major DSPs. The R.E.M. frontman just released the track &#8220;Hum Desiderata&#8221; exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a website for sound exhibitions which gather multi-disciplinary works that &#8220;mutually enrich each other,&#8221; per an About page. Check the song out for yourself <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/joyfully-waiting.ch\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Hum Desiderata&#8221; pairs an element from Stipe&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2023 installation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icamilano.it\/en\/exhibitions\/michael-stipe-i-have-lost-and-i-have-been-lost-now-im-flying-high\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">2023 installation<\/a> at ICA Milan\u2014a recording of him reciting Max Ehrmann&#8217;s poem &#8220;Desiderata&#8221;\u2014with an instrumental version of a still-unreleased track, &#8220;Hum,&#8221; from his forthcoming debut solo album. The song was written and produced with Andy Lemaster; additional vocals come from the Athens, Georgia-based artist Elizabeth Hatmaker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_53ihlhl8bclubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_53ihlhl8bclubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_53ihlhl8bclubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This track is just the latest peek at Stipe&#8217;s new album, the title of which he has yet to publicize. He announced the project during an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:appearance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/watch-michael-stipe-perform-a-new-song-from-his-debut-solo-album\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;mbid=synd_yahoo_rss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">appearance<\/a> on <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> in April, where he performed an unreleased song called &#8220;The Rest of Ever.&#8221; Stipe also recently penned the theme song for the Steve Carrell-starring Apple TV series <em>Rooster,<\/em> &#8220;I Played The Fool,&#8221; with Andrew Watt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Revisit the 2021 feature <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Stipe on the Music That Made Him;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/5-10-15-20\/michael-stipe-on-the-music-that-made-him\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;mbid=synd_yahoo_rss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Stipe on the Music That Made Him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Originally Appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pitchfork;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/story\/listen-to-michael-stipes-new-song-hum-desiderata?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;mbid=synd_yahoo_rss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pitchfork<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Stipe has a new song out today, but you won&#8217;t be able to find it on major DSPs. The R.E.M. frontman just released the track &#8220;Hum Desiderata&#8221; exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a website for sound exhibitions which gather multi-disciplinary works that &#8220;mutually enrich each other,&#8221; per an About page. 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