Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien on Depression, Trauma & Finding Light Again

Jun 22, 2026 · 1h 17m · YouTube

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0:00This underlying depression had been going on for years.
0:03It just seems so bleak, and it seems, how do I get out of there?
0:07Depressions, breakdowns, illnesses.
0:09The body is saying there's something not right here.
0:13Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, one of the architects of modern rock and rock and roll Hall of Fame inductee, has a solo record called Blue Morpho.
0:23The idea that the guy from Radiohead is going to complain about not being happy, you know, nobody wants to hear that.
0:29No.
0:29And it was exactly that.
0:30It felt very indulgent.
0:32I'm not like that.
0:32I'm a rock.
0:34But my body was just saying enough.
0:35I felt like I was carrying a weight every day that was weighing me down.
0:40It was very, very, very physical.
0:42I cared so much before what people thought of me.
0:46The healing process is a process of self-love and going, I'm okay.
0:50I'm okay.
0:51I'm no longer hiding.
0:53You have to ask, well, why was I hiding?
0:55Well, I was hiding because...
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