Earlier this month, Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker shared a series of studio photos on Instagram with the caption “Been busy😉.” Naturally, speculation grew that new Tame Impala music was imminent. Now, Parker has released the first new Tame Impala song in years. The seven-minute “End of Summer” serves as Tame Impala’s Columbia Records debut, and it comes with a music video directed by Julian Klincewicz. Watch the largely split-screen video below.
“End of Summer” is the first unaccompanied Tame Impala song since 2023’s “Journey to the Real World,” which Parker made for Barbie. In fact, a lot of Tame Impala’s recent music has been made for movies. There was “Wings of Time,” for the film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves; Parker’s remix of “Edge of Reality,” for Elvis; and “Turn Up the Sunshine,” a Diana Ross collaboration for Minions: The Rise of Gru.
“Turn Up the Sunshine” is just one of a handful of collaboration that Parker has made since 2020’s The Slow Rush. He did “No More Lies” with Thundercat, “One Night/All Night” and “Neverender” with Justice, “New Gold” with Gorillaz, and “Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better” with the Streets. Parker has also made official remixes for 070 Shake, the Crowded House, and Justice. As a producer and songwriter, he worked heavily on Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism.
Earlier this year, Parker won his first-ever Grammy Award. He and Justice took home Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Neverender.”
