Photography Clara Balzary Styling Emma WymanMusicNewsMusic / NewsWatch Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform ‘Phenomena’ from quarantineKaren O’s closet has a smoke machine and strobe lights, apparentlyShareLink copied ✔️May 24, 2020May 24, 2020TextThom Waite Amid the coronavirus pandemic, most musicians have found themselves unable to perform in front of their fans, with festivals cancelled and shows pushed back due to social distancing measures. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, however, seem to have found a workaround (at least for now). Earlier today (May 24) Karen O shared a performance of “Phenomena” – a track on the band’s 2006 sophomore album, Show Your Bones – from her closet. Although it’s obviously no replacement for the real thing, the mini “show” is about as theatrical as it can get inside a closet, complete with a smoke machine and strobe lights. Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner also takes part in the performance via laptop. Watch below. You can also revisit Karen O talking about last year’s solo album in her 2019 interview with Dazed. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracksMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero ‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationIs art finally getting challenging again?The only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop undergroundNeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right now