Editing The Flaming Lips (section)

===''Oczy Mlody'', ''King's Mouth'', and ''American Head'' (2016–present)===
According to the Tarbox Roads Studio's website,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davefridmann.com/dave/News.html |title=Dave Fridmann/Tarbox News/Notes |website=Davefridmann.com |access-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116193421/http://www.davefridmann.com/dave/News.html |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Flaming Lips began recording a new album with Dave Fridmann on January 27, 2016.
In a June interview with Danish music blog Regnsky, Wayne Coyne said that a new album would come out in January 2017, even though they had originally planned for it to be released in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regnsky.dk/2016/06/regnsky-moeder-wayne-coyne-fra-the-flaming-lips/ |title=Regnsky møder… Wayne Coyne fra The Flaming Lips &#124; Regnsky |website=Regnsky.dk |access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref> Wayne Coyne later confirmed in a September interview with ''Consequence of Sound'', that they would release a new album at the beginning of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnS0RfuDTO0 |title=The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne Answers Your Questions |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref> On October 20, the band confirmed the January 2017 release date for the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefutureheart.com/2016/10/20/flaming-lips-new-album-oczy-mlody-january-13/ |title=Complete Guide To New Flaming Lips Album 'Oczy Mlody' – Wayne Coyne's Commentary, 'The Castle' Music Video, Album Artwork, Tracklist And Lyrics |date=October 20, 2016 |publisher=The Future Heart |access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref> The band embarked on a tour in support that was described as "rock's greatest acid punch party" with "balloons, confetti cannons and rainbow visuals".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/22/the-flaming-lips-review-potent-hit-of-feelgood-psychedelia?CMP=twt_a-music_b-gdnmusic|title=The Flaming Lips review – potent hit of feelgood psychedelia|last=Beaumont|first=Mark|date=January 22, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> On January 13, 2017, the fourteenth Flaming Lips album ''[[Oczy Mlody]]'' was released, and featured a guest appearance by Miley Cyrus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/12/the-flaming-lips-oczy-mlody-album-review|title=The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody review – some of their prettiest music in years|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=January 12, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=February 10, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The album charted in both the UK and US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/407163/flaming-lips/chart?f=305|title=The Flaming Lips – Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082015/http://www.billboard.com/artist/407163/flaming-lips/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/oczy%20mlody/|title=oczy+mlody {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|access-date=February 10, 2017}}</ref>

On [[Record Store Day]], April 22, 2017, the Flaming Lips released ''Onboard the International Space Station Concert for Peace'', a re-recording of seven tracks from ''Oczy Mlody'' in a faux live setting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/9382 |title=Record Store Day – Special Release|website=Recordstoreday.com |language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>

The band's next studio album, ''[[King's Mouth]]'', was released on April 13, 2019, for [[Record Store Day]]. [[Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones]] of [[the Clash]] and [[Big Audio Dynamite]] narrates the album; Wayne Coyne said of Jones that "he’s on almost every song... it really is quite unbelievable."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_flaming_lips_announce_new_album_kings_mouth |title=The Flaming Lips Announce New Album 'King's Mouth'|magazine=Exclaim! |access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref>

In late 2019, Coyne and Drozd collaborated with garage rock duo [[Deap Vally]] to form a new band, Deap Lips.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Serota |first1=Maggie |title=Flaming Lips and Deap Vally Form Cool New Band Called Deap Lips |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/12/flaming-lips-deap-vally-deap-lips-album/ |website=Spin |date=December 6, 2019 |publisher=Next Management Partners |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> The project's self-titled debut album was released on March 13, 2020.

On March 23, 2020, Drozd announced that the band's sixteenth studio album, ''[[American Head]]'', was due for release in the summer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Jeffrey |title=The Songs (and Sounds) of Space with Steven Drozd & The Flaming Lips |url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/podcast/2020/03/23/the-songs-and-sounds-of-space-with-steven-drozd-the-flaming-lips/ |website=Via Satellite |date=March 23, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> The band officially announced the album's release date as September 11, 2020, along with the single "My Religion Is You" on June 6, 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Brenna |title=The Flaming Lips Get Patriotic on New Album 'American Head,' Out This Fall |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flaming-lips-american-head-1020852/ |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 26, 2020 |access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the band performed a concert in their hometown of Oklahoma City on October 12, 2020, while entirely encased within inflatable human-sized bubbles. Audience members were also protected by plastic bubbles.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Jason Kurtz|title=The Flaming Lips performed a concert with the band and fans encased in plastic bubbles|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/entertainment/flaming-lips-bubble-concert-oklahoma-city-covid-trnd/index.html|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=CNN|date=October 18, 2020 }}</ref> They performed in this fashion on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' and again in 2021.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Doyle|first1=Patrick|date=December 1, 2020|title=The Flaming Lips Postpone Space Bubble Concerts|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-flaming-lips-postpone-space-bubble-concerts-1097028/|access-date=January 28, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, ''The Flaming Lips Space Bubble Film'', a documentary film covering these experimental concerts was released.

On August 16, 2021, Jake Ingalls announced on his Instagram page that he left the band on amicable terms.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpqsvahUF-/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CSpqsvahUF- |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Spaceface on Instagram: "Hey y'all: I chose to leave The Flaming Lips … |website=Instagram |access-date=August 17, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Also in August, Coyne commented on his Instagram that Michael Ivins was no longer in the band, leaving Coyne as the only original member. [[Micah Nelson]] has been on bass for recent live performances. He was soon replaced by Tommy McKenzie, who joined the band later in 2021.

In November 2021, the band released ''Where the Viaduct Looms'', featuring 13-year old Canadian musician Nell Smith. The album covers nine songs by the Australian musician [[Nick Cave]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-26 |title=Nell Smith and The Flaming Lips' Where the Viaduct Looms: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2021/11/nell-smith-the-flaming-lips-where-the-viaduct-looms-stream/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> Smith died in a car accident on October 6, 2024, at the age of 17.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurjata |first1=Andrew |title=B.C. teen musician who worked with Flaming Lips has died: family |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nell-smith-bc-musician-flaming-lips-dies-1.7345980 |access-date=9 October 2024 |publisher=CBC News |date=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Gillian |title=Fernie music star Nell Smith dead at 17 |url=https://www.thefreepress.ca/home/fernie-music-star-nell-smith-dead-at-17-7576884 |access-date=December 23, 2024 |publisher=Fernie Free Press |date=October 9, 2024}}</ref>