Young Thug Announces New Album "DBC (Day Before Coachella)"

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Young Thug New Album DBC Day Before Coachella
Young Thug performs Sunday, May 26, at Neon Desert Music Festival. Neon Desert Music Festival 2019 043. © Briana Sanchez / El Paso Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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Young Thug seemingly has a new album ready to go just months after dropping his comeback LP, "UY SCUTI," after the YSL RICO trial.

Young Thug has been one of Atlanta's biggest hip-hop stars for over a decade, a legacy he has no plans to let go of just yet. Today (Sunday, February 22), he announced the title of his next album: DBC, presumably short for Day Before Coachella.

Some fans are theorizing that the title is actually Days Before Coachella, à la Travis Scott's Days Before Rodeo mixtape from last decade. Does this mean that we will eventually get an even more consequential and significant album after DBC, much like Rodeo for La Flame? We have no idea right now, but the rumor mill is running at full force right now.

As for the announcement itself, Thugger took to Twitter to tweet the following: "Album tittle : DBC." Via Instagram, he also shared a photo carousel of a recent performance with this caption: "A Day before Coachella OTW…"

This is very exciting given that we are only months away from Young Thug's UY SCUTI, his comeback album after his release from prison. He was behind bars for the YSL RICO trial, and the "Trimski" MC seems ready to strike again.

When Is Young Thug Dropping DBC (Day Before Coachella)?

Now, the question is when DBC (Day Before Coachella) will drop. Will it be literally before Coachella this year? This is actually quite plausible for reasons unrelated to the literal interpretation. The Atlanta artist will perform at the festival on Sunday, April 12 and Sunday, April 19 in 2026. Still, we have to wait for official confirmation on this, or maybe it will be a "surprise drop."

Elsewhere, fans wonder whether or not Thug will address some of the big narratives, controversies, and life changes he's gone through over the past few years, much like UY SCUTI was. Maybe he will even have a response for Kendrick Lamar, who recently referenced Young Thug's leaked jail calls on the new Baby Keem album Ca$ino.

Beef-infected speculation aside, following UY SCUTI's disappointing reception, fans just want to hear great music from Jeffery above all else. Young Thug's been teasing a lot of music as of late, so we'll see how this tracklist eventually shapes up.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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