In 1975, art-school outsider David Byrne formed Talking Heads, slipping into New York's punk scene with odd lyrics and sharp, wiry rhythms that made bodies move before minds—energy the label hastily called "New Wave." In 1983, four blazing L.A. nights became Stop Making Sense, now hailed as a concert-film landmark. Decades later, Byrne joined Spike Lee for David Byrne's American Utopia, weaving global percussion, crisp choreography, and clear-eyed reflections on a fractured world.