"Lotus Flower" is a song by the English band Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

. It was released in 2011 on their eighth studio album The King of Limbs

The King of Limbs

The King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, produced by Nigel Godrich. It was self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download in MP3 and WAV formats, followed by physical CD and 12" vinyl releases on 28 March, a wider digital release via AWAL, and a special...

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A music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was released on February 18, 2011 and features black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 footage of lead singer Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke

Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...

 dancing while singing the song. It was directed by Garth Jennings and choreographed by Wayne McGregor

Wayne McGregor

Wayne McGregor CBE is a British choreographer of contemporary modern dance. His work is highly distinctive in its vocabulary of movement, for its integration of dance with film and visual art, and for his active interest and incorporation of computer technology and biological science...

. The video was originally uploaded on the band's official YouTube

YouTube

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 channel on February 16, 2011.

The song was first played live during a tour with Thom Yorke's other band Atoms for Peace

Atoms for Peace (band)

Atoms for Peace is a rock supergroup formed in late 2009. The group consists of lead singer of Radiohead, Thom Yorke ; Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers; longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich ; Joey Waronker who has played with artists such as R.E.M., Beck, Elliott Smith, The Smashing Pumpkins,...

, on October 2, 2009, at the Echoplex in Los Angeles

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, as a solo guitar and vocal piece. It was later performed once by Radiohead with similar instrumentation, at the Radiohead for Haiti

Radiohead for Haiti

Radiohead for Haiti is a live concert video from Radiohead's concert at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, United States on 24 January 2010....

concert in January 2010.