David Byrne and Daniel Pemberton Share Song for Musk

David Byrne and Daniel Pemberton shared their new collaborative track titled Let Me Sell You a Dream, created for the documentary Musk. The lyrics of the track were formed entirely from quotes by Elon Musk. Byrne previously used words from Imelda Marcos in a similar manner for his 2010 work Here Lies Love. Byrne stated that he arranged the lyrics and melody of the song before watching the film.

The documentary Musk is directed by Oscar-winning Alex Gibney. Because Musk refused to do an interview for the documentary, Gibney used recordings from his prior interviews and podcasts. The film runs for approximately four hours and will be released nationwide on October 16. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok initially rejected running the trailer as a paid advertisement citing political content, but later stated it was an error.