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May 13, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Shervin Lainez

Tune-Yards are releasing a new album, Better Dreaming, this Friday via 4AD. Now they have shared its third single, “How Big is the Rainbow,” via a music video. Dominic Mercurio directed the video, which features comedian/actress Star Amerasu. Watch it below.

The band’s Merrill Garbus had this to say about the song in a press release: “The title lyric came out in a flash, and felt more sincere than I’ve ever been lyrically, maybe. But in this day and age, there is no room for subtlety when it comes to advocating for every single human being, for our trans family especially. And SHIT, how big IS the fucking rainbow?! It feels like the time to prove it to each other, to show each other how big it can be.”

Previously Tune-Yards released the album’s first single, “Limelight,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Then they released its second single, “Heartbreak,” via a music video directed by Garbus.

Tune-Yards is Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, who are also married. “Limelight” was inspired by the family dancing to George Clinton music and their 3-year-old can be heard singing on the song.

“Making art in this day and age for me is a battle for focus; we’re in an age of interruption,” says Garbus in a press release, about the challenges faced when making Better Dreaming.

Better Dreaming follows 2021’s sketchy. and 2018’s I can feel you creep into my private life.

Read our interview with Tune-Yards on I can feel you creep into my private life.

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