Whitmer Thomas has rleased new single/video, “Candy Corn.” The rack arrives after the announcement of his signing to Fire Talk Records (Cola, Mandy, Indiana, Robber Robber). Between acting roles in Weapons (2025), Friendship (2024) and Big Mouth (2023-2025), collaborations with Christian Lee Hutson, Jay Som and Great Grandpa’s Al Menne, as well as a self-directed HBO comedy special.

Recorded and produced in North Carolina with Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Courtney Barnett, Fenne Lily), “Candy Corn” leans into the sincerity at the core of Thomas’ music-comedy. “Candy Corn” reflects on Thomas’ adolescent experiences in Gulf Shores, Alabama, looking back on youthful hi-jinx and naivete from the wistful perspective of adulthood. “Flaliling fists in the mosh pit // The future swings and splits your lip,” he sings atop sparse drum programming and delicate guitar, “Thirty seemed elderly // Oh, the agony of aging.”

“Candy Corn” is presented alongside a hilarious music video directed by Thomas. Filmed around iconic New York City attractions, the “Candy Corn” music video also features appearances from Thomas’ longtime friends Joe Pera and Carmen Christopher. “This is my broadest attempt to write about what youth felt like, looking back as an aging knucklehead” Thomas says of “Candy Corn.”

order “Candy Corn” by Whitmer Thomas HERE