{"id":627769,"date":"2026-06-08T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/627769\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:14:15","slug":"beastie-boys-icon-mike-d-announces-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/627769\/","title":{"rendered":"Beastie Boys icon Mike D announces debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mike-D-Rapper-2026-Beastie-Boys-Far-Out-Magazine-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mike D - Rapper - 2026 - Beastie Boys\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Mike D<\/p>\n<p> Mon 8 June 2026 15:36, UK <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/beastie-boys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">The Beastie Boys<\/a>\u2018 Mike D has confirmed details of his debut solo album, titled Thank You.<\/p>\n<p>Mike D has been teasing the announcement in recent weeks after releasing the single, \u2018Switch D\u2019, last month, which was then followed up by his first-ever European dates.<\/p>\n<p>In the past week, he\u2019s been previewing material from Thank You in the UK with shows in North Shields and London, with more dates to follow across the continent, including this weekend at <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/primavera-2026-gorillaz-introduced-by-palestinian-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Primavera 2026: Gorillaz introduced by Palestinian activist\">Primavera Sound<\/a> Porto, throughout June.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s shared the second taste of the new record in the form of \u2018True Colors\u2019 and confirmed that his first full-length album in 15 years will arrive on August 28th.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/the-beastie-boys-secret-country-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\u2018Country Mike\u2019s Greatest Hits\u2019: The mystery of the Beastie Boys\u2019 secret country album\">Mike<\/a> said of the forthcoming release, \u201cIt\u2019s been so much fun making this music with people I love and I have grown to really appreciate in our collaboration.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He then added of his hopes for the record, \u201cAnd I just hope it\u2019s fun for others and not overly serious, because let\u2019s be real, I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The genesis of the record began at sessions at Mike D\u2019s studio along with his sons Skyler and Davis, which are described in the press release as \u201ca series of zero-pressure, experimental recording sessions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the record, which was made in a variety of locations, Mike D teamed up with Carter Lang, Jared Solomon, Ging, Jason Lader, Eddie Ruscha, and Tyran Donaldson on Thank You.<\/p>\n<p>He also tapped up Can Can Press, Thad Higa and Charles Deroyan as visual collaborators.<\/p>\n<p>See the full track list for Thank You below.<\/p>\n<p>Mike D \u2013 Thank You tracklist:\u2018Switch Up\u2019\u2018What We Got\u2019\u2018True Colors\u2019\u2018That\u2019s Right\u2019\u2018Secrets Pt. 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II\u2019\u2018I Don\u2019t Care\u2019\u2018Make It Stop\u2019\u2018Crypto\u2019\u2018Here We Are\u2019\u2018Back To Start\u2019\u2018It\u2019s Time\u2019\u2018Thank You\u2019<\/p>\n<p>  <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>  The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Mike D Mon 8 June 2026 15:36, UK The Beastie Boys\u2018 Mike D has confirmed details of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,212730,16466,212731,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-627769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-mike-d","tag-new-music","tag-the-beastie-boys","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}