- 2025-06-06
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MUSIC
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Talking Heads Drops New Music Video for “Psycho Killer” starring Saoirse Ronan
American rock band Talking Heads has dropped a new music video for “Psycho Killer” to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
This marks their first ever video for the song. To date, the band never got the video for “Psycho Killer”.
The video was directed by Mike Mills, starring American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.
“Psycho Killer” is featured on their debut studio album “Talking Heads: 77”, which was released in 1977.
The track was written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth. Produced by Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, and Talking Heads.
The video portrays 13 days in a woman's very repetitive life, as she experiences a range of emotions, from apathy to sadness, anger, and finally a certain serenity.
Actress Saoirse Ronan said of the video, “To simply be mentioned in the same breath as Talking Heads is hands down one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me, let alone making a video with the singular Mike Mills to accompany one of their most iconic songs - 'Psycho Killer.' I have grown up listening to their music, so this truly is a childhood/teenage/lifelong dream come true. Mike, myself and the rest of the creative team had so much fun making this, and I can't wait for Talking Heads fans to see it!”- Talking Heads said of the video in a statement, “This video makes the song better – We LOVE what this video is NOT - it's not literal, creepy, bloody, physically violent or obvious.”
Director Mike Mills said, “This album literally changed what was possible in life for me, so to get to play with the subversive, uncategorizable beauty of Talking Heads, and to play with Saoirse who brought so much surprise, power, vulnerability and mischief to the party, it's one of the best things I ever got to be a part of - still can't believe it actually happened.” -
Mike Mills told Variety about working with Saoirse Rona, “It was an athletic performance an emotionally athletic performance. Saoirse could be totally feral and go so high, and then be so subtle and go there in a very real way with all those emotions. I still don't quite get how she didn't just shrivel up at the end. She reminds me of Buster Keaton... just an amazing silent film actress.”
Photo by Jeff Henrikson - source : Apple Music
