Musician, comedian, and actor Whitmer Thomas has shared a new music video for his single “Dancing With My Dad.” The track is off of Songs from The Golden One, his debut album, which dropped in 2020.

Whitmer, who also directed the “Dancing With My Dad” video, had this to say, “It’s a holiday song about a movie star saving his dad from feeling lonely at a party. It was inspired by my relationship with my dad and his journey to recovery and redemption. When my parents split I didn’t see my dad for a few years. In those years, I’d latch onto whatever semblance of a dad I could in movies and TV. I wasn’t able to film a proper video for Dancing With My Dad due to the pandemic, so instead, I edited together my ideal day of channel surfing in 1999 when the only consistency in my life was the TV Guide channel.”

Songs from The Golden One features music from Whitmer’s HBO Comedy special “Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One,” which premiered in February 2020. It is available now to stream or download, and the CD and LP are available worldwide through the Hardly Art.

Songs from The Golden One features two exclusive tracks not included in his HBO special (“The Codependent Enabler” and the aforementioned “Dancing With My Dad”) and was recorded in Los Angeles with production by Jona Bechtolt and Rob Kieswetter of electro-pop band YACHT. Whitmer was recently named one of the “Best New Up-and-coming Comedians to Watch” by Vulture and has previously appeared in GLOW, The Good Place, and more

Whitmer Thomas
Songs from The Golden One
LP/CD/digital
February 21, 2020 (digital)
April 3, 2020 (physical)
Track Listing
Hardly Art

01. Hurts to Be Alive
02. Dumb in Love
03. Brother Is Bigger
04. Partied to Death
05. The Codependent Enabler
06. Eat You Out
07. Dancing with My Dad
08. Hopes and Dreams
09. The Golden One
10. He’s Hot