New Music: TIMETHAI - "Who Are You?"

Thai singer TIMETHAI slows it down again in a new track titled "Who Are You?" He seems to be asking that question to a woman on a computer screen, in a new black and white visual uploaded to YouTube on December 19. Check it out above and below.

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New Music: TIMETHAI - "Who Are You?"

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