{"id":175910,"date":"2026-03-26T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:55:07","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-and-mini-mansions-michael-shuman-returns-as-glu-on-streetwise-new-single-pony-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175910\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age and Mini Mansions’ Michael Shuman returns as GLU on streetwise new single \u2018Pony Boy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queens of the Stone Age<\/a> and Mini Mansions<\/a>\u2018 Michael Shuman has returned as GLU<\/a> on the streetwise new single \u2018Pony Boy\u2019.<\/p>\n

Shuman has released music as GLU since 2022, with his debut EP \u2018My Demons\u2019 chronicling struggle, loss, addiction, and childhood trauma.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s returned to the genre-blending project with \u2018Pony Boy\u2019, which features a gurgling bassline set against a strutting beat, as Shuman raps ferociously about hiding from the limelight on top.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a pretty private person\u201d, Shuman says of the track. \u201cThis song discusses the ways in which that privacy has been attempted to be broken and infiltrated. Living in Los Angeles, and growing up here has made it somewhat difficult to navigate them. Especially being in this business, people want to know everything about you. Where you went last night, what you had for breakfast, who you\u2019re dating.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really important to keep some sort of anonymity,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m not a big fan of putting myself out there on social media, yet I know that it\u2019s part of the modern music business promotion. I\u2019ve seen this with other people in my life and it can quickly steal away a piece of your identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Take a listen to \u2018Pony Boy\u2019 below:<\/p>\n

We last spoke to Shuman about GLU in 2022<\/a>, where he spoke to us about his love for hip-hop. \u201cSometimes I hate to use the word \u2018rapping\u2019,\u201d he told us. \u201cIt\u2019s not exactly hip-hop music, but when I played it for some friends the response was that it was maybe the best thing I\u2019d done and didn\u2019t sound like I was putting on an act.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a fine line when you\u2019re doing this kind of music as a white male,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s not a joke, and I want people to actually take me seriously for the rhymes and production that I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, QOTSA will be opening for Foo Fighters on their massive North American stadium tour this year<\/a>. The band have so far announced a slew of dates in Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, Vancouver, Las Vegas and other cities, with many more dates to come.<\/p>\n

Tickets for all concerts go on general sale at 10am local time next Friday (October 31) \u2013buy yours here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, watch Josh Homme and Norah Jones cover Frank and Nancy Sinatra\u2019s \u2018Somethin\u2019 Stupid\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age and Mini Mansions\u2018 Michael Shuman has returned as GLU on the streetwise new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-175910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}