ASAP Rocky Opens Up On What His Next Album Will Sound Like

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on January 31, 20246.0K Views

Los Angeles, CA - January 08: Asap Rocky walks into the courthouse for his upcoming trial alongside his attorney Joe Tacopina, offscreen, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

He revealed that the project will take him in an experimental new direction.

Ever since ASAP Rocky's 2018 album Testing, fans have been waiting for what he's got next. Though he confirmed last year that he's working on a new album called Don't Be Dumb, info on the project has been scant. It's unclear if songs he dropped last year like "Same Problems?" and "RIOT (Rowdy Pipe'n)" will make it onto the project. But recently, Rocky gave some insight into his intended artistic direction for the new album.

“I’ve been really experimenting as usual & what I like about this is it feels like my best work yet. [I'm] really excited for everything that I’ve been working on, I’m excited to finally release it," Rocky said in a recent interview. His previous outing Testing already saw him shifting his sound into a more experimental direction and he looks to continue it on Don't Be Dumb. “I want to leave expectations wide & open. I don’t want to tell you what to expect, I just want people to experience it how they do naturally," Rocky concludes.

ASAP Rocky Says His Next Album Will Be More Experimental

Over the weekend, Cole Bennett released his new Lyrical Lemonade album All Is Yellow. The project is stacked full of contributions from many of the biggest voices in contemporary trap music. ASAP Rocky was almost included in that bunch. The track "Say Ya Grace" already features Chief Keef and Lil Yachty in an odd pairing. But Bennett revealed that Rocky was almost also included on the song but was ultimately left off.

Rocky spent some time earlier this month in Paris for Fashion Week. He popped up alongside Rihanna and even had a meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron while in the country celebrating one of the biggest weeks in the fashion calendar. What do you think of Rocky's new comments about the direction he took on Don't Be Dumb? Are you excited for the new album? Do you think it's coming out any time soon? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.