Mike D Announces Debut Solo Album Thank You

More than a decade after Beastie Boys’ final album and the death of Adam Yauch, Mike D is stepping forward with a full-length solo debut. Due August 28 via Capitol Records, Thank You marks the first collection of new music from a Beastie Boys member since 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

The 12-track project grew out of low-pressure sessions at his home studio, initially built around collaborations with his sons, Skyler and Davis Diamond. That circle widened to include producers and musicians like Carter Lang, Jared Solomon, Ging, Jason Lader, Eddie Ruscha, and Tyran Donaldson. The credits reflect a deliberate shift toward intimacy and trust—a family affair by design rather than default.

Mike D’s own framing of the album undercuts any nostalgia. “I just hope it’s fun for others and not overly serious,” he said, “because let’s be real, I’m releasing this music into a very strange and dark and power-fixated world that really devalues art and feelings and compassion and empathy and equality.” The statement reads less like promo copy than a quiet insistence on making work that resists cynicism through directness.

The new single “True Colors” arrives alongside pre-order links, following earlier tracks “Switch Up” and “What We Got.” Live dates have already begun in unconventional venues, backed by a band that includes his sons—a configuration that makes the project feel more like a lived-in practice than a commercial pivot.