"Them Changes" is a song by American musician
Thundercat Thundercat or Thundercats may refer to:
* Thundercat (snowmobile), a series of snowmobiles produced by Arctic Cat
* Thundercat (musician), stage name of Stephen Lee Bruner, an American musician
* ThunderCats, a media franchise, featuring a fictio ...
. It was first released on June 18, 2015, as a single from his EP ''
The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam''.
The track, which Thundercat co-wrote with producer
Flying Lotus, was later included on Thundercat's full-length album ''
Drunk'', released on February 24, 2017.
A
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
and
psychedelic jazz song with elements of
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and
R&B, "Them Changes" features a
sampled beat from the 1977 song "
Footsteps in the Dark" by
the Isley Brothers.
"Them Changes" was accompanied by a
music video directed by
Carlos López Estrada
Carlos López Estrada (born September 12, 1988) is a Mexican-American Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, music video director, commercial director, theatre director, and actor. Born in Mexico, he moved to the United States when he was 12 and lat ...
. In October 2022, after a
sped-up remix of the song went
viral
Viral means "relating to viruses" (small infectious agents).
Viral may also refer to:
Viral behavior, or virality
Memetic behavior likened that of a virus, for example:
* Viral marketing, the use of existing social networks to spread a marke ...
on
TikTok, an official "Sped Up" version of the song was released on digital platforms.
Personnel
*
Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner – vocals, bass, programming
*
Steven "Flying Lotus" Ellison – mixing, additional production, synthesizer, programming
*
Kamasi Washington – saxophone
* Dennis Hamm – piano
References
2015 songs
2015 singles
Funk songs
Jazz songs
Songs written by Flying Lotus
Songs written by Thundercat (musician)
{{2010s-song-stub