A complete stranger is Hollywood's newest musical biopic, starring Timothée Chalamet in the lead role as the young Bob Dylan. The film received relatively good reviews, with the highest praise being directed towards Chalamet's excellent performance as Dylan alongside the rest of the cast. A complete strangercast, while the film's actual narrative was seen as a bit lackluster. However, A complete stranger has reignited interest in Bob Dylan himself, as many wonder what happened after the film and where he is today.
Many of A complete strangerReviews argue that the film doesn't delve deep enough into Dylan as a person, pointing out that some of the best-known songs of all time were written and performed by him. Dylan's music and popularity arguably peaked during the 1960s and 1970s. when he released his first big hits and started to become a household name. With A complete stranger Shining a new spotlight on the musician, many are looking at Dylan's new exploits and seeing what the artist has been up to recently.
Bob Dylan is still making new music and touring
Bob Dylan hasn't stopped since the beginning of his career
Surprisingly to some, Bob Dylan is still actively making music and touring, even though he had quite an interesting film career before A complete stranger. One of the musician's biggest hits was the colloquially called "Never Ending Tour", which has been a consistent set of tours since 1980. Although Dylan himself avoided the name, with each tour given an individual title, most simply know it as his “Never Ending Tour,” which is still going strong today.
Since the 1990s, Dylan has released 14 studio albums, many of them receiving the same universal acclaim that the artist saw in the early years of his career.
The last leg of the tour began in 2021, called the "Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour", in support of their Rough and turbulent ways album released in 2020. It was only recently closed in November 2024, showing how strong Dylan still is. Since the 1990s, Dylan has released 14 studio albums, many of them receiving the same universal acclaim that the artist saw in the early years of his career, now immortalized by Chalamet in A complete stranger.
Bob Dylan's latest album is 2023's Shadow Kingdom
Shadow Kingdom is a collection of new recordings of old songs
In 2023, Dylan released Kingdom of Shadows, which is an album that mainly consists of new recordings of some of their older hits, such as "Forever Young" and "What Was It You Wanted". It also features a new instrumental track called "Sierra's Theme". The album received rave reviews and continued Dylan's string of impressive projects even as he entered his 80s. While A complete stranger is a look back at Bob Dylan's past, he continually shows that he is not yet depressed and his new music is a testament to his legacy and skill.