Stipe unveiled "Hum Desiderata," a track that pairs his own recitation of Max Ehrmann's 1927 poem "Desiderata" with an instrumental drawn from his upcoming solo debut. The piece grew out of an installation at ICA Milan and features additional vocals from Athens, Georgia artist Elizabeth Hatmaker. It's streaming now on the online sound exhibition platformJoyfully Waiting.
Stipe has described the record as taking shape at Electric Lady Studios with longtime collaborator Andy LeMaster, and told The Times that the wait came down to pressure he put on himself. "I want it to be great, but I've got the pressure of having been in R.E.M. and it's a high bar," he said, "because I want this to be as good as that, and that's near impossible." He hasn't settled on a title yet, though he's joked about calling it "Meet THE Michael Stipe."
None of this is Stipe's first step outside the band. He released his debut solo single, "Your Capricious Soul," in 2019 as a benefit for the climate group Extinction Rebellion, then followed it with "Drive to the Ocean" in 2020 and "No Time for Love Like Now," a collaboration with Aaron Dessner's Big Red Machine, later the same year. What sets the coming record apart is that it's a full album rather than unconnected one-offs.
Taken together, the scattered singles are a slow reveal to the full album. For a songwriter whose old band impacted so many, waiting longer for this unhurried rollout might just feel like the end of the world as we know it. But when it finally arrives, we'll all feel fine.
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