Flashy, feisty, funky L.A. party outfit Thumpasaurus made its first-ever U.S. late-night TV appearance on Thursday night for a rendition of “Struttin'” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “Holy,” the band noted when the appearance was announced earlier this week. “Absolutely thrilled to dance across many television screens this Thursday night for our American late night debut.”
Thumpasaurus enjoyed a boost in popularity thanks to the success of 2021’s “Struttin’”, which first garnered viral attention on the band’s TikTok before reaching an even wider audience when it was synced in a popular Samsung commercial featuring a selfie-taking cat. The group spent much of 2023 on the road for its Struttin’ Across America tour and made outlandish appearances at major festivals like The Peach Music Festival, where members of the group made pancakes onstage mid-set and proceeded to throw them into the crowd. In October, the band released its third album, Hard. For more on Thumpasaurus, read our 2022 interview with the band here.
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The band pushed “Struttin'” further into the hearts of a national audiences on The Tonight Show with a reliably outlandish performance of the track, which host Jimmy Fallon referred to as “the song of the summer.” Watch the video of Thumpasaurus performing “Struttin'” on Fallon below.
Thumpasaurus is gearing up for a late-November/early-December run of tour dates with Guerilla Toss including s tops in D.C., Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Boston. From there, Thumpasaurus will head overseas for a stretch of shows in France and the U.K. For a list of upcoming Thumpasaurus tour dates, head here.
Thumpasaurus – “Struttin'” – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
[Originally published 11/14/23]