Overview
- The short film 7 piano sketches began streaming exclusively on MUBI on June 19, 2026 and uses the EP as its full soundtrack.
- André 3000 co-wrote the film with filmmaker Graham Mason, who also directed the project, adapting the 2025 EP into a visual narrative.
- The film follows a surreal commute in which André carries a piano strapped to his back and a notebook of sketches and relies on physical, silent-film–inspired comedy rather than dialogue.
- The soundtrack is the seven-track collection of solo piano instrumentals that André has said began nearly a decade earlier during a stay in Texas and includes pieces that predate his 2023 instrumental album New Blue Sun.
- Critics and coverage frame the release as a further step in André’s move away from lyric-driven rap toward instrumental and visual work and it could widen his audience by presenting the music as cinematic, nonverbal storytelling.