Khalid roams around color-coded rooms in his vivid video for Talk, the new single from his upcoming second LP, Free Spirit. Throughout the clip, the singer-songwriter dances in a balloon-filled space and chills on top of a car. In scenes that reference the lyrical theme of lapsed communication, he sings into a wall as a dancer grooves on the other side.
The singer recently performed the Disclosure-produced Talk on Saturday Night Live, along with the ballad Better from his 2018 Suncity EP. Free Spirit, which follows his acclaimed 2017 debut LP, American Teen, is out April 5th.
Khalid recently spoke to Rolling Stone about how the records development and lyrical approach. Ive written these songs all over the world in hotel rooms, tour buses, backstage, he said. Ive learned how to talk about my anxieties in music. A lot of people my age are struggling with being themselves in the world. I want to let them know I feel the same things.
Prior to the album release, Khalid will release a companion film on April 3rd in theaters worldwide.