https://modestwalrus.com/tags/how-to-disappear-completely/Recent content in How to Disappear Completely on Modest WalrusHugoen-usSat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/how-to-disappear-completely-by-radiohead/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/how-to-disappear-completely-by-radiohead/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>It came on as a radio follow-up and it&rsquo;s just so haunting. The strings pulled me in immediately and I couldn&rsquo;t skip past it.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6W6HhdqA95w?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;How to Disappear Completely&rdquo; appears on Radiohead&rsquo;s 2000 album <em>Kid A</em>, produced by the band with Nigel Godrich. Thom Yorke wrote it after a moment of dissociation on tour, taking advice from Michael Stipe to mentally repeat &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not here, this isn&rsquo;t happening&rdquo; to get through overwhelming situations. Jonny Greenwood arranged the strings, performed with the Orchestra of St John&rsquo;s, building the song around a detuned guitar drone beneath the orchestration.</p>