Song Recommendation: “Ate the Moon” by Tunde Adebimpe (2025)

I was only about halfway through my first listen of this fantastic song from Tunde Adebimpe’s new solo record before I decided I needed to add it to my recommendations list. Adebimpe, best known as frontman for TV On the Radio, has shown again and again his mastery of creating gritty pop hooks mixed with experimental indie/hip-hop style production techniques and, with “Ate the Moon,” he shows he’s still at the top of his game. A children’s choir surfaces over growling guitars and an unstoppable beat carries us to the explosive second half of the song as Adebimpe warms of us the “man who ate the moon” and the fact that it while it sounds like “such a ridiculous story,” it still ends with the man choking to death because he bit off more than he could chew.