It seems Radiohead broke up. Yeah, I said it. They’re done. And the only thing mysterious is that why they won’t just admit it already.
Think about it. The band hasn’t played a live show since 2018. That’s seven years ago. And let’s talk albums. A Moon Shaped Pool dropped in 2016. That was the last proper release from the band. Radiohead hasn’t released a new album in nearly a decade.
Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke have been neck-deep in their side project The Smile for years now. Touring, albums, press—The Smile is doing everything Radiohead used to do, just with a new name and fewer guitars. And look, in 2023, drummer Philip Selway threw fans a little breadcrumb.
“We’re always talking about future plans,” he offers. “We’re all very keen to do something together again musically… whether that starts with an album, I don’t know. But there would be something happening musically.” He pauses. “When we do something again, it will be for the right reasons. If a record comes out of that, that’d be bloody marvelous.”
Now, here’s where it gets extra messy: remember that whole controversy with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood making comments about the situation in Palestine? Yeah, that didn’t exactly help the vibe. When your band is already borderline inactive, diving into geopolitical waters is not how you build momentum for a reunion tour.
Radiohead is broken up… for now. They just won’t say it out loud because that would make it real. But tell me this, seriously—how long can they keep this up? Is it time they gave fans some closure and called it what it is?
