Launching on June 24th, Radiohead/The Smile visionary Thom Yorke unveils the mind-bending video for his single, ‘Dialing In’, the lead track from Apple TV+’s upcoming Taron Edgerton-starring drama Smoke, premiering June 27th.
Visuals have been created by acclaimed artist Weirdcore, known for surreal, glitch-heavy live show visuals and music videos for the likes of Aphex Twin, M.I.A., Tame Impala, Charli XCX, Louis Vuitton, Miley Cyrus, Oneohtrix Point Never and Arca. A regular collaborator, Weirdcore created all the visuals for The Smile’s 2024 album Cutouts, Yorke’s project with fellow Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood and jazz drummer Tom Skinner, as well as a looping sequence promoting Radiohead’s track ‘Glass Eyes’ in 2016.
Blending digital distortion with organic forms, Weirdcore’s style evokes disorientation, nostalgia, and dreamlike unease – hallmarks of the broader “weirdcore” aesthetic he helped define. On ‘Dialing In’, that aesthetic ignites: scenes from the show bleed and melt into one another like burning celluloid, as faces flicker, warp, and dissolve into fluid, pixelated hallucinations.
Keen fans of Thom Yorke may already be familiar with ‘Dialing In’. Originally titled ‘Gawpers’, the unreleased track has been a regular in Yorke’ live show since 2019, containing parallels with the themes of Smoke, having been fine-tuned to underscore the show’s themes even further. In typical style of the Grammy and Ivo Novello-awarded artist, ‘Dialing In’ is a melancholy number, putting his distinct vocals against fragile glass-like bells, dancing like flames, unaware of the brooding atmosphere building like a steadily consuming fire beneath.
The music video for ‘Dialing In’ lands on June 24th, three days ahead of the anticipated global launch of Smoke on Apple TV+ on the 27th. The audio is available to stream now in both standard and Atmos formats.