Michael Stipe's New Solo Track Debuted on The Late Show

0:00On April 24th, Michael Steip from R.E.M. just dropped the live debut of his new solo track called The Rest of Ever on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This is from his first full solo album, which he's been crafting for years and now plans to release in 2026. He performed it Thursday, April 23rd, backed by the house band Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine. The song has a mature reflective vibe, like a slowed down cut from R.E.M.'s monster era, with Steip A's deep husky voice shining through. Steip gave a wild description of the album, too, saying one track captures a tree hearing itself for the first time, recorded in his Georgia backyard. Mixed with a sea-shanty like Drunken Sailor, he joked the tree hasn't hit back yet. He's got some solo history. Like the 2019 single, your capricious soul, and dried to the ocean the next year. Plus collabs with Big Red, Machine. Last month, he teamed up for a theme song on the show Rooster. Steip stays tight with his old R.E.M. crew. They reunited for losing my religion at the songwriter's Hall of Fame last summer.

1:06He's even been setting the record straight on Blue Sky, about lyrics from It's The End of the World, as we know it, that fans got wrong for decades, keeping that legacy alive. This has been Music News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.