{"id":63212,"date":"2026-04-24T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/see-michael-stipe-debut-new-song-the-rest-of-ever-on-colbert\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:26:30","slug":"see-michael-stipe-debut-new-song-the-rest-of-ever-on-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/see-michael-stipe-debut-new-song-the-rest-of-ever-on-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"See Michael Stipe Debut New Song &#8216;The Rest of Ever&#8217; on &#8216;Colbert&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/michael-stipe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-stipe\" data-tag=\"michael-stipe\">Michael Stipe<\/a> visited <em>The Late Show<\/em> on Thursday to debut his new song \u201cThe Rest of Ever,\u201d as well as discuss his long-awaited first solo album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/r-e-m\/\" id=\"auto-tag_r-e-m\" data-tag=\"r-e-m\">R.E.M.<\/a> singer was joined by Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine \u2014 his collaborators on the previous single \u201cNo Time for Love Like Now\u201d \u2014 for the performance for the track which, as Stephen Colbert noted, was of off Stipe\u2019s \u201cupcoming incredible album.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Rest of Ever&quot; - Michael Stipe (LIVE on The Late Show)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ERgxcNyneYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAs a gift to you and the show, the song we\u2019re performing tonight, it\u2019s the first time it\u2019s ever been played, and I\u2019m so pleased to do it with the band,\u201d Stipe said in an interview that preceded the performance. \u201cMy record is coming out at the end of the year, nobody knows that yet so I\u2019m announcing it now. My first-ever solo record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tStipe added that he\u2019s writing the \u201cfinal lyrics\u201d now, and that \u201cone of the songs is the sound of a tree hearing itself for the first time \u2026 My friend recorded a tree in my backyard in Georgia and played it back to itself, it sounds like Daft Punk.\u201d Stipe also said there\u2019s a sea shanty on the upcoming LP based around the traditional \u201cDrunken Sailor.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Tree That Sounds Like Daft Punk Doing A Sea Shanty - What To Expect On Michael Stipe&#039;s Solo Album\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kAA5FlnQ24U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tElsewhere in the <em>Colbert<\/em> interview, Stipe talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rem-reunite-songwriters-hall-of-fame-performance-1235040028\/\">his one-off reunion with R.E.M.<\/a> at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/michael-stipe-rem-michael-shannon-jason-narducy-concert-1235527017\/\">his cameo appearances<\/a> during Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy\u2019s R.E.M. tribute concerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m like the biggest fan of those guys doing that, because I\u2019ve never gotten to hear those songs before live, because I was in the middle of it, I was singing,\u201d Stipe said. \u201cThose songs are in my DNA, so I\u2019m hearing a part of me thrown back, but interpreted by someone who I really admire.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tStipe was then asked who should portray him in an R.E.M. biopic. \u201cSomeone really hot,\u201d Stipe joked. \u201cMaybe Billie Eilish can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOver the past seven years, Stipe has dripped out new music outside of his long-in-the-works solo album, including his 2019 one-off charity single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/michael-stipe-first-solo-song-your-capricious-soul-895295\/\">Your Capricious Soul<\/a>,\u201d the single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/michael-stipe-drive-to-the-ocean-video-933625\/\">Drive to the Ocean<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/michael-stiphine-big-red-machine-no-time-for-love-like-now-1012823\/\">No Time for Love Like Now<\/a>,\u201d a collaboration with the National\u2019s Aaron Dessner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/michael-stipe-new-song-the-rest-of-ever-colbert-solo-album-1235553255\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Stipe visited The Late Show on Thursday to debut his new song \u201cThe Rest of Ever,\u201d as well as discuss his long-awaited first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":63213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}