US EditionSaoirse Ronan Stars in New Talking Heads Music Video
- Talking Heads released their first official music video for Psycho Killer on June 5, 2025, marking 50 years since their debut live show at CBGB in New York City.
- The video release commemorates the band’s 1974 performance at the now-defunct CBGB club and honors Psycho Killer, a song included on their 1977 debut album Talking Heads: 77.
- Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills, the video stars Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan portraying a woman pushed to the extremes of her repetitive 9-to-5 routine over 13 days.
- Talking Heads expressed their enthusiasm for the video, noting that it enhances the song and avoids being straightforward, unsettling, gory, physically aggressive, or predictable, while Ronan described participating in the project as a dream realized from her childhood.
- This video release revives interest in the band’s legacy, as Talking Heads remains influential despite having disbanded in 1991 and declining to reunite for further projects.
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How Talking Heads fa-fa-fa-fa’d all over NYC to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary
Legend has it that Talking Heads played their first-ever show on June 5, 1975, in New York City, opening for the Ramones at CBGB on the Bowery. Now, 50 years later, stickers, wheatpaste posters, T-shirts, subway buskers, radio takeovers, an airplane banner, and billboards popped up along the Bowery, all with a variation of a single line: “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa.” The cryptic street campaign is a throwback marketing push to celebrate the anniversary and a f…
Talking Heads Mark 50 Years Since First Gig With ‘Psycho Killer’ Video
50 years to the day since their first live show, Talking Heads have unveiled the official video for their first charting single, ‘Psycho Killer.” Released on Thursday (June 5), the clip marks the gold anniversary of the band’s debut performance at iconic New York City club CBGB. Opening for fellow New Yorkers the Ramones, the performance comprised just nine songs, including “Psycho Killer,” which would be released as their third single in Dece…
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