TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe announces debut solo album "Thee Black Boltz" out April 18th on Sub Pop & share new single "Drop".
Tunde Adebimpe, the multi-hyphenate talent and critically acclaimed lead singer of the renowned band TV on the Radio, today announces his long awaited debut solo album, "Thee Black Boltz", out April 18th via Sub Pop Records.
Today, Adebimpe has shared the album’s vivid and introspective “Drop,” produced by Jahphet Landis.
The album is produced by Tunde Abebimpe & Wilder Zoby, and executive produced by Zoby, with additional production and contributions from Jaleel Bunton & Jahphet Landis (of TV on the Radio), and more.
Last September, Adebimpe shared the first taste of the album with “Magnetic”, his solo debut and first release at his new label home Sub Pop Records.
The label’s co-founder Jonathan Poneman says of the signing,
“We heartily welcome Tunde Adebimpe to Sub Pop's roster of artists. His inclusion makes the whole lot better – and a whole lot classier! We've waited 20-plus years for Sub Pop to earn the chance to be Tunde Adebimpe's label.”
Sub Pop Records is home to celebrated artists such as Suki Waterhouse, Father John Misty, Weyes Blood and Beach House.
Showcasing his unique voice and visionary soundscapes, "Thee Black Boltz" is a nod to Adebimpe’s propensity to write and sing about the human condition, in all its forms, under all its stressors, both big and small.
For the last 24 years, Tunde Adebimpe has largely been known as the co-founder, co-vocalist and principal songwriter for TV On The Radio. The mostly-black, art-rock band triumphed through two decades of volatile cultural change to become one of the most beloved, enduring and influential groups from New York City’s early-2000s rock scene.
Outside of TV on the Radio, Tunde Adebimpe is a musician, actor (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Rachel Getting Married, Twisters), animator, director and visual artist (A Warm Weather Ghost, Plague Heroes).
His prior solo work has been in collaborations with artists such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Massive Attack and Run The Jewels, plus contributions to Grand Theft Auto V, Sleater Kinney’s covers album, and more. And now he is also a solo artist, with his first-ever formal solo album, Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop, 2025). Though Tunde’s poetic songwriting and transparent, towering vocals are central to the band’s dissonant sound, TV On The Radio, has and always will be a collaboration between a group of singular musicians.
Tunde Adebimpe -Thee Black Boltz
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