Thundercat’s funky mini-album The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam dropped on Brainfeeder in June, and now the brilliant “Them Changes” has got an equally awesome video. Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada, the video follows the sad tale of a samurai whose life goes from bad to worse very quickly.
The director explains: “Thundercat’s take on heartbreak is so atypical that I figured the video for the song should be anything but a classic relationship-gone-wrong story. Stories like athletes’ careers ending after injuries or artists losing their site/hearing/ability to perform; these concepts are truly heartbreaking. I also know that Thundercat has a thing for samurais—so I saw an opportunity to make everyone happy here. Or everyone sad, I guess.”
Check out the video above and Thundercat’s upcoming tour dates below.
THUNDERCAT TOUR DATES:
Aug 01 – 02 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Festival @ Pendarvis Farm
Aug 06 Washington, DC – Afropunk Pre-Party @ The Howard Theatre
Aug 08 Los Angeles, CA – Low End Theory Festival @ Shrine Expo Hall
Aug 23 Brooklyn, NY – Afropunk Festival @ Commodore Barry Park
Sep 17 San Diego, CA – Cabsah
Sep 18 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
Sep 19 Albuquerque, NM – Historic El Rey Theatre
Sep 20 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Sep 22 Tulsa, OK – Vanguard
Sep 23 Austin, TX – Holy Mountain
Sep 24 Houston, TX – Studio at Warehouse Live
Sep 25 San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Club
Sep 26 Denton, TX – Oaktopia
Sep 27 Toronto, ON – The Hoxton
Sep 29 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Sep 30 Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
Oct 01 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Oct 03 Atlanta, GA – Afropunk Festival @ Atlanta’s Central Park
Oct 04 Vancouver, BC – The Alexander
Oct 06 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Oct 07 Portland, OR – Star Theatre
Oct 08 Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre
Oct 09 San Francisco, CA – 1015 Folsom
Oct 10 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
