{"id":10220,"date":"2019-10-10T17:07:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T00:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T00:12:57","slug":"sam-taylor-johnson-directs-michael-stipes-first-new-song-since-rem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/10\/sam-taylor-johnson-directs-michael-stipes-first-new-song-since-rem\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Taylor-Johnson Directs Michael Stipe&#8217;s First New Song Since REM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/2060470\/michael-stipe-your-capricious-soul-video\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"from STEREOGUM (opens in a new tab)\">from STEREOGUM<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Stipe \u2013 \u201cYour Capricious Soul\u201d Video<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/author\/peter-helman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Peter Helman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Your Capricious Soul (Official Video) - Michael Stipe\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6A0WZrjvNk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1988379\/michael-stipe-shares-first-ever-solo-song-future-if-future\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brief song-snippet<\/a>&nbsp;aside, Michael Stipe hasn\u2019t released any music since his band R.E.M. broke up in 2011. That changes today. A few months ago, Stipe performed new solo songs called \u201cYour Capricious Soul\u201d and \u201cDrive To The Ocean\u201d during a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/2042301\/michael-stipe-new-solo-song-your-capricious-soul\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surprise opening set<\/a>&nbsp;for Patti Smith, and he reportedly has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/2049003\/r-e-m-s-michael-stipe-apparently-has-18-solo-songs-ready-to-go\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at least 16 other tracks ready to go<\/a>. Today, to coincide with the \u201cInternational Rebellion\u201d climate justice protests this week, he\u2019s sharing his official debut solo single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That would be \u201cYour Capricious Soul,\u201d one of the songs he debuted back in May. Although it won\u2019t be on any of the major streaming platforms, at least immediately, it is available for a pay-what-you-want donation (or for free) on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelstipe.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\">Stipe\u2019s website<\/a>. The download comes with master-quality audio version of the song, its accompanying video by Sam Taylor-Johnson, a lyric sheet, a print-ready poster, a stencil, and an animated flip-book portrait. For the next 365 days, all proceeds from the song will go to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rebellion.earth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Extinction Rebellion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/2060470\/michael-stipe-your-capricious-soul-video\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to continue reading at STEREOGUM (opens in a new tab)\">click to continue reading at STEREOGUM<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from STEREOGUM Michael Stipe \u2013 \u201cYour Capricious Soul\u201d Video by Peter Helman One&nbsp;brief song-snippet&nbsp;aside, Michael Stipe hasn\u2019t released any music since his band R.E.M. broke up in 2011. That changes today. A few months ago, Stipe performed new solo songs called \u201cYour Capricious Soul\u201d and \u201cDrive To The Ocean\u201d during a&nbsp;surprise opening set&nbsp;for Patti Smith, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}