David Lynch is one of the best filmmakers ever in the history of films and making things. He’s also, as evidenced by his entire body of work, a very weird guy. He used to do Los Angeles weather reports on his YouTube channel every day for years. These were usually like a minute long and consisted of him just saying what the weather was like at his house at that moment. We love it. And true to form, he’s also a delightful weirdo when it comes to cryptic promotion surrounding, what turned out to be, a new music video and album collaboration.
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Lynch posted to his Twitter (never X) account that *something* would drop on the Fifth of June for us to “see and hear.”
Now, naturally the most optimistic among us will hoped it’s a trailer for a new season of Twin Peaks or a new movie. But Lynch also loves to add portent to very not exciting things. Case in point, the reality of things. On June 5, Lynch’s YouTube channel dropped a music video for the song “Sublime Eternal Love” from Lynch and musician Chrystabell. You may remember Chrystabell (or Chrysta Bell) as Agent Preston from Twin Peaks: The Return. The video comes ahead of their new album, Cellophane Memories, out August 2.
Lynch shot and directed the video, and the music definitely has that certain Lynchy vibe. So it is something new from David Lynch. We can’t get mad about that. But it’s not entirely on the level of the movie or new season of TV that many eagerly awaited. But let us not forget David Lynch once made an announcement that he was going to keep doing his weather reports after originally planning to stop. So who knows, man?
What we’re saying is David Lynch is going to David Lynch. We saw and heard it.
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Instagram and Letterboxd.