Earl Sweatshirt Previews New Music At Day N Night Festival

Is this a sign that Earl Sweatshirt has a new album on the way?

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Earl Sweatshirt's is one of the few people in hip hop that can pretty much lay low for x amount of time before he's ready to come back into the public eye. And once he does, you know that he has some new music in the cut to drop. The last piece of music we received from him was back in June when he dropped "Hat Trick." However, footage has surfaced of Earl performing some unreleased music over the weekend.

During his mid-evening set at Day N Night festival, Earl took a moment of time while going through his catalog to perform some brand new music. While the clip is short and doesn't hold the best sound quality, from what you could hear the new music he has sounds fire. The short clip shows Earl's continuous growth as an artist with every release as both a producer and as a writer. In the video, you could hear him rapping, "the enemy comin' in by the drones, don't give em control, my old issues on the back of the stove burner like coal in the caboose, you know the boy the truth." It sounds like he may end up touching on some topics that he hasn't in the past.

Earl often times uses his live performances as an opportunity to preview new music to his fans before he drops the official high quality version. Last year, he did the same at One Love festival where he previewed three new songs to the Canadian crowd before reuniting with Tyler the Creator to perform "Orange Juice." 

Earl has been relatively quiet for the majority of this year. While we haven't received much music except for one song, it seems he's also been busy with his "Stay Inside" radio show with Knxwledge on Red Bull Music Academy. He's been using both his live shows and his radio show as a platform to preview or premiere new music. 

While Earl recently played Day N Nite festival this weekend, he's also set to perform alongside Solange for her upcoming performance series "Orion's Rising." Earl will be playing with her in New York City at Radio City Music Hall on October 3rd and again on October 20th in Berkeley, California at the Greek Theatre. Hopefully he premieres some more music then. 

Check the clip below:


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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.