[1] The track is accompanied by a stop-motion animation video directed by Cristobal Leon and Joaquín Cocina.

It features vintage technology being destroyed by an unseen force, severed arms crawling across the ground and the disembodied heads of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner doubling as the tops of barren trees.

[2] The directors of the video stated "Hearing the song for the first time, we imagined a frenetic fluid that carries machines, pieces of human bodies and carnivorous plants," León and Cociña write.

"When presenting the idea to the band, Thom told us about a dream that made him write the song.

"[3] Abby Jones of Consequence of Sound writes "To put it in Radioheadish language: 'Thin Thing' calls to mind the sprawling, entrancing art-rock of their Kid A or Hail to the Thief eras, building upon restless percussion in a barely-detectable time signature.