David Byrne and Talking Heads are still involved in artistic projects. They have made appearances on Stephen Colbert where the band discussed their history and David Byrne performed “When We are Singing”.Byrne has also written books, and is an avid bicycle enthusiast who designs bike racks for use around New York City in collaboration with the New York City Department of Transportation.

Talking Heads originally left "Psycho Killer" without a music video when they released it in 1977. While the song has survived the test of time, the track itself arrived many years before MTV music videos. Caught up in new creative projects, the band simply never found the time to film one. That changed last year, when they finally created the video to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first live performance at CBGB.

The video stars actress Saoirse Ronan, best known for her roles in Little Women, Lady Bird, and Brooklyn, and energetically captures the progression into a mental breakdown. She tapped into David Byrne's twitchy and tic-ish movements to bring the character to life. She unfolds the story of the mundanity of working a dead-end job, dealing with coworkers who she's forced to interact with, having boring relationships, and then doing the same thing the next day. The performance was exceptional!

The video was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills. He was the sole writer and director for the films Beginners (2010), 20th century women (2016) and C'mon, C'mon (2021). He directed music videos for the bands Pulp, Air, and The National. He also has a background in graphic design and skate-culture art. The director decided that the music video should be the portrait of an unraveling mind, not a slasher flick. Mills came up with the insight for the video on his own, but the Talking Heads validated his decision, selecting his pitch. There was no literal monster or bloody knife to strip away the song's psychological layers at the core. If you can see it, the true horror isn't a psycho killer type of individual at all, but the crushing weight of an everyday monotonous existence. The repetition of what's considered to be a normal life and an invisible string that ties people to the things they do every single day.

The music video is, and shall be, a timeless work of art connected to the song from this day forward. By replacing physical violence with visuals of what a breakdown looks like in the human mind, the video captures the complete essence of what David Byrne wrote decades ago. It reminds us that sometimes the most terrifying monsters aren't hiding in the shadows but waiting for us right around the corner in our own daily routines. It transforms the literal meaning of the title, Psycho Killer into something less literal yet into a more relatable song for many.