Thundercat was the musical guest on tonight’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Joined by Jon Batiste, he performed “Dragonball Durag”—watch it happen below.
The bassist is actively on tour behind his Grammy-winning album It Is What It Is alongside Channel Tres. Earlier this year, Thundercat contributed to Flying Lotus’ score for the Netflix anime series Yasuke. He appeared on the single “Black Gold.”
Read what Thundercat has to say in Pitchfork’s 25th anniversary feature “33 Musicians on Their Favorite Albums of the Last 25 Years.”

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