Overview

• Byrne aired a live rendition of “What Is The Reason For It?” on The Tonight Show from a Rough Trade NYC set, with additional online videos of “Everybody Laughs” and Talking Heads’ “Houses in Motion.”
• The new single features Paramore’s Hayley Williams, and its video animates more than 20 of Byrne’s line drawings using AI in collaboration with artist Dustin Yellin.
• Who Is the Sky? arrives Friday on Matador, produced with Kid Harpoon and arranged with the Ghost Train Orchestra, with guest contributions from St. Vincent and Tom Skinner.
• Byrne said he texted Williams to join the track when she was in town, calling her vocal contribution a standout.
• He announced he will marry Mala Gaonkar this week and shared a mostly instrumental dinner playlist as he prepares for a world tour starting Sept. 14 in Providence before moving through North America, Australia and Europe into 2026.