Mike D of Beastie Boys Releases New Solo Single "Switch Up"

Mike D has shared a new solo single, “Switch Up,” which is the first major music by a Beastie Boys member since the death of Adam Yauch 14 years ago. The song was started with Mike’s sons Davis and Skyler and their band Very Nice Person , and then other collaborators were brought on to help finish it.

While it still feels within Mike D’s sonic universe, “Switch Up” is unlike anything he’s ever done before. Jungle-style breakbeats blast, there is what sounds like a sample of the old “the number you have dialed cannot be reached” phone warning beeps, and at times it almost sounds like a live band playing “The Rockafeller Skank.” This is cool and it’s nice to have you back, Mike D! Check it out below.

Mike D played Los Angeles’ Plaza Nightclub last night, the first of a few intimate, last minute shows he announced following a couple of surprise California appearances with Very Nice Person, both of which he played Beastie Boys classics at. (Watch a clip of him doing “So What’cha Want” below.) He’ll play LA again on Sunday (5/10) at Sid the Cat Auditorium then he heads to Brooklyn on May 22 and 23 at Xanadu .

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_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/beastie-boys-mike-d-shares-solo-single-switch-up/)._