Overview

• Byrne performed "What Is The Reason For It?" for The Tonight Show in an intimate Rough Trade NYC setup, with the episode airing Wednesday.
• "What Is The Reason For It?" arrived Sept. 3 featuring Hayley Williams, whom Byrne says he invited by text, with a mariachi-tinged arrangement and orchestral flair.
• The new video animates Byrne’s own line drawings via artist Dustin Yellin, with some outlets reporting the use of AI techniques.
• Who Is The Sky? is out Sept. 5 on Matador, produced by Kid Harpoon with arrangements by New York’s Ghost Train Orchestra.
• Byrne said he is marrying Mala Gaonkar this week and shared an instrumental wedding-dinner playlist, as a world tour launches Sept. 14 in Providence, Rhode Island.