MIKE D 5D
THANK YOU
DEBUT ALBUM OUT AUGUST 28th
PRE-ORDER HERE 

Watch the “True Colors” Visualizer HERE

“It’s heartening to hear a Beastie Boy just having fun on a record again” 
— THE NEW YORK TIMES

The August 28 release of Thank You, the debut album from Mike D 5D, will mark the first full length offering of new music from a Beastie Boys alum since 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee Part 2.

Preceded by the “playful, beat-driven collage” (THE NEW YORK TIMES) of “Switch Up” and “the classic, bombastic, boisterously energetic” (OKAYPLAYER) “What We Got,” Thank You is a dozen servings of sonically inventive post-electronic grooves and hypnotic hooks that find Mike D’s unmistakable voice leading the listener through an aural playground that defies categorization.

The album’s announcement coincides with the launch of the visualizer for the darkly melodic “True Colors,” which can be seen HERE

Thank You traces its origins back to a series of zero-pressure, experimental recording sessions at Mike’s home studio. The sessions began with Mike’s sons Skyler and Davis as the first of a cast of collaborators that would expand to include Carter Lang, Jared Solomon, Ging, Jason Lader, Eddie Ruscha, Tyran Donaldson and more joining in across a variety of locations. The album’s fluid, intuitive nature is reflected in its eclectic artwork by visual collaborators Can Can Press, Thad Higa and Charles Deroyan.

“It’s been so much fun making this music with people I love and I have grown to really appreciate in our collaboration,” Mike D commented. “And I just hope it’s fun for others and not overly serious, because let’s be real, I’m 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.”

Mike D 5D’s Thank You will be released August 28 via Capitol Records. The album was mixed by Derek “MixedByAli” Ali, mastered by Nicolas de Porcel, and consists of the following songs

Switch Up
What We Got
True Colors
That’s Right
Secrets Pt. I
Secrets Pt. II
I Don’t Care
Make It Stop
Crypto
Here We Are
Back To Start
It’s Time
Thank You

Thank You is available to pre-order here: https://MikeD.lnk.to/THANKYOU

Hailed by ROLLING STONE as “embodied with the punk energy that led to his band’s early breakthrough” and by GRIMY GOODS as “a wild good time,” the Mike D 5D band — featuring Mike, Skyler and Davis joined by Eddie Ruscha, Will Graefe and Milo Ruscha — has been bringing Thank You to life for those fortunate enough to score tickets to a series of instantly sold out shows at intimate, non-traditional venues. Currently in the midst of a UK visit, Mike D 5D’s shows to date have included appearances at Los Angeles’ Plaza Nightclub & Dance Hall, Malibu’s Brothers Marshall Surf Shop, The Ojai Valley Women’s Club, Sid the Cat Auditorium in South Pasadena CA, and most recently at Xanadu Roller Arts in Brooklyn and 26 Leake Street in London. Upcoming shows are listed below, with more to be announced.

June 10 — Saalchen —  Berlin, Germany (SOLD OUT)
June 13 — Primavera Sound Festival — Porto, Portugal
June 14 —  Beyond The Pale Festival — Wicklow, Ireland
June 16 — La 2 de Apolo Nitsa — Barcelona, Spain
June 18 — Blender at Bolwerk — Kortrijk, Belgium (SOLD OUT)
June 19 — De Casino — Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (SOLD OUT)
June 20 — Beyond The Streets — Paris, France
September 26 — Portola Music Festival 2026 — San Francisco, USA

Photo Credit: Sam Finelli

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Apple Lands “Beastie Boys Story,” produced by Academy Award-winning director Spike Jonze

New film directed by Spike Jonze, and written by Beastie Boys Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz along with Jonze, to portray the history and legacy of the revolutionary group

Apple today announced that it has acquired “Beastie Boys Story,” a new nonfiction film from Grammy Award-winning Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz and Academy Award-winning director Spike Jonze. A special cut of the documentary feature will open exclusively in select IMAX® theatres for a limited engagement April 3, before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on April 24.

Beastie Boys, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz, tell you an intimate, personal story of their band and 40 years of friendship in this live documentary experience directed by their longtime friend and collaborator, and their former grandfather, filmmaker Spike Jonze.

The film is set to premiere on the heels of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ #1 charting 1994 album, “Ill Communication,” and reunites Beastie Boys with director Spike Jonze over 25 years after directing the music video for the album’s immortal hit single, “Sabotage.”

“Beastie Boys Story” is produced by Grammy Award winner Jason Baum, Amanda Adelson, alongside director and writer Spike Jonze, and executive produced by Mike Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Dechen Wangdu-Yauch, John Silva, John Cutcliffe, Peter Smith, Thomas Benski, Dan Bowen, Sam Bridger, Michele Anthony, David Blackman and Ashley Newton.
The project grew out of Adam’s and Mike’s collaboration on their bestselling “Beastie Boys Book”.

The film is produced for Apple by Fresh Bread and Pulse Films in association with Polygram Entertainment. The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.

Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, as well as select Samsung smart TVs, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices and at tv.apple.com, for $4.99 per month with a seven day free trial. Customers who purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch or Mac can enjoy one year of Apple TV+ for free.*

Comments from the filmmakers:
“There are some friends you have lunch with so many times over the years, you know their order.  Spike is one of those friends.  And even when you don’t recognize anything on the menu, he comes up with something good for the whole table.  Like when we wondered what to do when our book comes out… then Spike placed his order: You will put on a show for the children.” – Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz

“I owe Beastie Boys a lot. One time, they pulled me out of a burning ship, and another time they helped me cheat on my college exam to get into Florida State. So, it was a real privilege to get to reunite with them and help them tell their story.” – Spike Jonze

“This is the eighth time I’ve rewritten this thing, the filmmakers kept telling me I was doing it wrong but I’m really feeling this one. Here’s what the film is: Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz of Beastie Boys tell you an intimate, personal story of their band, and their 40 years of friendship together. From the 1980s New York City punk scene, to Fight For Your Right (to Party) and becoming the first hip-hop artists to make a #1 record (Licensed to Ill), through their evolution, which took them to Sabotage, Intergalactic and beyond. Created with their old friend, their former  grandfather and collaborator, filmmaker Spike Jonze, the film seamlessly mixes a live stage show and documentary to create a new format, a live documentary. Does that make sense? It’ll make more sense when you see the trailer that the filmmakers haven’t finished editing yet, despite constant badgering. But anyways, I’m not mad. In this film that was shot at Kings Theater in Brooklyn, Mike D and Adrock discuss their evolution as musicians, artists and people, and a whole bunch of other crazy sh!t. Their co-conspirator, musician, activist, inventor, discredited astrophysics professor and my favorite beastie boy, Adam Yauch, couldn’t be there that night because he passed away in 2012. But even though he’s not there, his spirit is very much felt onstage through Mike and Adam and the force of nature that was Yauch, their band, and their friendship.” – Larry 

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