David Byrne and composer Daniel Pemberton have released a new song titled “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” which uses Elon Musk’s own words. The tracks are tied to Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Musk, with outlets describing the song as being made from Musk quotes without additional editorializing.
Across the reports, the common details focus on the song’s release timing and its documentary connection. Stereogum and Rolling Stone note that the song is issued ahead of the film’s theatrical debut, and that it arrives as part of Gibney’s project on Musk. Consequence adds that the original song is co-written by Byrne and Pemberton for the documentary soundtrack. Rolling Stone also highlights Byrne’s framing of the lyrics as direct quotation from Musk.
While the outlets vary in emphasis—some foreground the quotation-based construction and Byrne’s comments, others center on the collaboration and release schedule—they all describe the same core: a documentary soundtrack track that repurposes Musk’s words as lyrics for Byrne’s new single.
