Talking Heads have just released a new music video to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first ever show. The music video came out on Thursday for their 1977 song Psycho Killer, this time around starring Irish actress Saoirse Ronan. The band hasn’t performed since 1984 and officially broke up in 1991.
The video, directed by Mike Mills, showcases a woman living her day to day life at home, the office, her car and more whilst showing how each day she becomes a new version of herself. A role the ‘Ladybird’ actress was more than happy to take on.
Ronan shared in a statement: “To simply be mentioned in the same breath as Talking Heads is hands down one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me, let alone making a video with the singular Mike Mills to accompany one of their most iconic songs – Psycho Killer. I have grown up listening to their music, so this truly is a childhood/teenage/lifelong dream come true. Mike, myself and the rest of the creative team had so much fun making this, and I can’t wait for Talking Heads fans to see it!”
Mike Mills, the director, spoke about how being a part of the project has been one of the greatest honour of his life as well as one of the best projects to be a part of. “This album literally changed what was possible in life for me, so to get to play with the subversive, uncategorisable beauty of Talking Heads, and to play with Saoirse who brought so much surprise, power, vulnerability and mischief to the party, it’s one of the best things I ever got to be a part of – still can’t believe it actually happened.”
Even the band shared their thoughts on the brand new video clip for the iconic song, saying: “This video makes the song better- We LOVE what this video is NOT – it’s not literal, creepy, bloody, physically violent or obvious.”
Talking Heads reunited for the first time in 20 years back in 2023 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their live concert ‘Stop Making Sense’ although they all insisted the band would not be getting back together.
