“The Bandit” is the lead single from the eighth studio album by the American rock band Kings of Leon, When You See Yourself. It was released along with a music video on January 7th, 2021. The song that marks the long awaited comeback of the band was teased by the members via Twitter in December 2020 with snippets of the song.

In the first of the many posts during Christmas, Jared Followill, Kings of Leon’s bassist stated:

Blame it on the holiday “cheer”, but I just feel like sharing. @kingsofleon tweeted “the w8 is nearly over” TEN MONTHS ago. Enough. If you were promised new Kings music in 2 weeks, would you forgive us? Could you?