Ryan Gosling’s Dead Man’s Bones releases first new song in 17 years

Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields’ duo Dead Man’s Bones released “Lost in the Night” and an accompanying music video on October 26, 2026, ending a 17-year gap since its previous music. Noah Jupe and Rain Spencer star in the video, according to Billboard and Deadline.

The release follows the duo’s self-titled 2009 album, which featured backing vocals from the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir. The new track is the first song the pair have released since that debut, Deadline reported.

Who made “Lost in the Night”?

According to a release cited by Billboard, the duo tried recording in two Los Angeles studios but did not find the sound they wanted. They then took two guitars, two drum machines and two synthesizers to a farm outside the city and recorded the song in a day. That account describes the making of this single; the duo has not announced in the reports whether it will lead to another album.

What happens in the Dead Man’s Bones video?

The black-and-white video opens with Spencer walking through a graveyard before cutting to Jupe lying on a bench, Deadline reported. Billboard describes the pair dancing out of the cemetery together during the night, then laughing and embracing. Jupe appeared in “Hamnet,” while Spencer appeared in “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” the reports said.

The release follows a teaser posted by the band on October 22, according to Deadline. Billboard reported that Gosling’s wife, Eva Mendes, reposted the teaser on Instagram. The song and video now give listeners the first full Dead Man’s Bones release since the project’s debut, with the two performers appearing on screen while Gosling and Shields provide the music.