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Thom Yorke Debuts New Song "Space Walk," Criticizes Music Industry at Ivor Novello Awards

At the Ivor Novello Awards, Thom Yorke premiered "Space Walk" and spoke out against the music industry. Presenter Harry Styles also shared that he lost his virginity to the introduction of Radiohead's "Talk Show Host."

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Thom Yorke Debuts New Song "Space Walk," Criticizes Music Industry at Ivor Novello Awards

'A Way With Words'

Thom Yorke Debuts New Song ‘Space Walk,’ Slams Music Industry at Ivor Novello Awards

Harry Styles, presenting to the Radiohead singer, also reveals he lost his virginity to "the intro" of the band's "Talk Show Host"

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May 22, 2026

Thom Yorke debuted a new song titled “Space Walk” Thursday at the Ivor Novello Awards, where the Radiohead singer received the prestigious Academy Fellowship.

The singer was handed the award by surprise presenter Harry Styles, who revealed that he lost his virginity while listening to Radiohead’s “Talk Show Host”; Styles then quipped, “ the intro of ‘Talk Show Host.'” “Thom Yorke has always had a way with words,” Styles said, adding that Radiohead is his “favorite band.”

Yorke then performed his solo piano track “Space Walk” as well as an acoustic rendition of Radiohead’s “Jigsaw Falling Into Place.”

In his own acceptance speech ( via NME ), Yorke chided the current state of the music industry and its over-reliance on streaming services and playlists.

“A lot of lip service is paid to new music with self-serving playlists, and to the idea of a vital music scene,” Yorke said. “But there is a refusal to offer even a semblance of a sustainable revenue source for the majority of musicians. And they continue the nasty fucking opaque accounting tricks that major labels were doing in the Nineties.”