Follow Me Around
"Follow Me Around" is a song recorded by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 1 November 2021 as the second single from their compilation album "Kid A Mnesia". It was recorded during the joint sessions for Radiohead's fourth and fifth studio albums, "Kid A" (2000) and "Amnesiac" (2001), but went unreleased until 2021. History. "Follow Me Around" first appeared in the 1998 documentary "Meeting People is Easy". "Rolling Stone" described it as one of singer Thom Yorke's darkest songs, with lyrics about "shadowy figures lurking in corners". The song has been performed on rare  occasions by both Radiohead and Thom Yorke at solo shows, as well as a performance by Yorke and Nigel Godrich's side project Atoms for Peace. Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood performed a rearranged version in 2017. After a performance at a Radiohead show in Toronto in 2000, fans created the website followmearound.com demanding the song's release. "Follow Me Around" was included on the 2021 compilation album "Kid A Mnesia," released on 1 November 2021 as the second single. The day before the single's release, Radiohead uploaded a full-quality partial clip of the soundcheck performance from "Meeting  People is Easy" to their YouTube channel. Music video. On 1 November 2021, coinciding with the initial release of the song, Radiohead released a music video featuring actor Guy Pearce being chased by a drone camera. The video was directed by Us, a directing duo consisting of Chris Barrett and Luke Taylor. Pearce said the video was recorded "a few weeks" before the release. Reception. Writing for "The A.V. Club", Alex McLevy called "Follow Me Around" "maybe the simplest, purest pop song [Radiohead have] ever put out". The track was described by "Rolling Stone" as "a holy grail for fans . Several other publications similarly celebrated the release of the track as a long-awaited fan favourite, including The Fader", "Spin", "Uproxx" and "NME".