Thundercat Performs \u201cWalking on the Moon\u201d on \u2018The Tonight Show\u2019<\/p>\n
\n Rob Moderelli on April 22, 2026 <\/p>\n
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Thundercat, image via YouTube<\/p>\n
Thundercat sustained the celebration of Distracted<\/a>, his fifth studio album, on Monday with a live performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. As the musical guest on NBC\u2019s late-night talk show, the singer-songwriter and bassist sampled his new project with a dreamy, spaced-out performance of \u201cWalking on the Moon,\u201d leading with his bright falsetto vocals and nimble basslines and taking a ferocious solo at the track\u2019s midpoint. Watch his full performance below.<\/p>\n Thundercat released Distracted on April 3, six years to the day after the arrival of 2020\u2019s Grammy-winning It Is What It Is. His long-awaited follow-up turns his eclectic brand of leftfield funk and jazz fusion on the absurdity of the attention economy and its permeation throughout modern life. Through close collaboration with producer Greg Kurstin. The album strikes a balance between the lush freak-outs of 2017\u2019s Drunk and the mournful overtones of It Is What It Is and features contributions from A$AP Rocky (with whom he appeared on Saturday Night Live<\/a> in January), Lil Yachty, WILLOW, Tame Impala and Channel Tres, as well as a posthumous verse from his friend Mac Miller on \u201cShe Knows Too Much<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n