14 years after the last new music from a Beastie Boys alum, Mike D is stepping out on his own. The hip-hop icon will release Thank You, his debut album under the Mike D 5D banner, on August 28 via Capitol Records, marking the first full-length from a Beastie Boys member since 2011’s ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2.’ Pre-order here.
The announcement arrives alongside a visualizer for the darkly melodic “True Colors,” which you can watch now. It follows two earlier tastes of the record, the beat-driven collage of “Switch Up” and the bombastic, high-energy “What We Got.”
Thank You collects a dozen tracks of sonically inventive post-electronic grooves and hypnotic hooks, with Mike’s unmistakable voice guiding listeners through an aural playground that refuses to sit still in any one genre. The whole thing crackles with the kind of playful, exploratory spirit that made his original band such a force.
The album traces back to a run of zero-pressure experimental sessions at Mike’s home studio. Things started with his sons Skyler and Davis, the first of a growing cast that came to include Carter Lang, Jared Solomon, Ging, Jason Lader, Eddie Ruscha, Tyran Donaldson and more, recording across a variety of locations. That fluid, intuitive approach carries through to the eclectic artwork by visual collaborators Can Can Press, Thad Higa and Charles Deroyan.
“It’s been so much fun making this music with people I love and I have grown to really appreciate in our collaboration,” Mike D said. “And I just hope it’s fun for others and not overly serious, because let’s be real, I’m releasing this music into a very strange and dark and power-fixated world that really devalues art and feelings and compassion and empathy and equality.”
The album was mixed by Derek “MixedByAli” Ali and mastered by Nicolas de Porcel. Rolling Stone has praised the project for the punk energy that fueled his band’s early breakthrough, and Grimy Goods called the live experience a wild good time.
That live show has become its own phenomenon. The Mike D 5D band, featuring Mike, Skyler and Davis alongside Eddie Ruscha, Will Graefe and Milo Ruscha, has been selling out a string of intimate, non-traditional rooms, from a Malibu surf shop and a South Pasadena auditorium to a Brooklyn roller rink. The group is currently making its way through the UK and Europe, with a stop at Portola Music Festival in San Francisco still to come.
Thank You is available to pre-order now.
Track Listing:
Switch Up
What We Got
True Colors
That’s Right
Secrets Pt. I
Secrets Pt. II
I Don’t Care
Make It Stop
Crypto
Here We Are
Back To Start
It’s Time
Thank You
2026 Tour Dates:
June 10 — Saalchen — Berlin, Germany (SOLD OUT)
June 13 — Primavera Sound Festival — Porto, Portugal
June 14 — Beyond The Pale Festival — Wicklow, Ireland
June 16 — La 2 de Apolo Nitsa — Barcelona, Spain
June 18 — Blender at Bolwerk — Kortrijk, Belgium (SOLD OUT)
June 19 — De Casino — Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (SOLD OUT)
June 20 — Beyond The Streets — Paris, France
September 26 — Portola Music Festival 2026 — San Francisco, USA