Khalid Is Fully Liberated In The “Out Of Body” Music Video
Khalid’s Out Of Body arrives with a sleek video and a clear message. He’s comfortable, direct, and playful on screen with a male love interest, and the choreography leans into desire rather than hiding it. The clip dropped ahead of his fourth album, After The Sun Goes Down, and it signals where he’s heading next.
He frames this era in his own words.
“This is me in my fully liberated element,” he said in a release note tied to the single. It’s a simple line, but it lands, because the visuals match the claim.
A new album arrives with a date and a sound.
After The Sun Goes Down landed on 10 October 2025 through RCA and Right Hand Music Group. It follows the single In Plain Sight and now Out Of Body, with a pop-forward, club-ready feel threaded through R&B. You can hear that shift across the tracklist on the streaming platforms.
The personal context matters without swallowing the music.
Khalid confirmed he is gay last November after an ex outed him online. He did it in his own style, posting a rainbow flag and “there y’all go. next topic please lol” on X, then moved on. The transparency carried into interviews, where he described finding freedom in being himself and seeing that his audience stayed with him.
🏳️🌈!!!
— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 22, 2024
there yall go. next topic please lol
Live stages reflect the same energy.
This year he performed at a Pride event for the first time and got emotional talking about what the moment meant. In Billboard’s cover story he put it plainly: “Finding that freedom comes from knowing I can just be myself and still be embraced and appreciated. That doesn’t change because the world finds out I’m gay.”
What changed between then and now.
The new music is looser and more extroverted. Hooks are brighter. Tempos push forward. The Out Of Body video lets him be tender and physical on camera, which feeds back into the songs.
If you follow Khalid from his early hits to today, the arc is clear. He’s taken control of the story, and the work benefits from it. The album date is set, the singles are strong, and the visuals back them up. We’re keen to see how deep this lane runs across the full record.
