Friday The 13th… A fitting date for any Opium artist to drop, as Playboi Carti takes advantage with the release of his highly-anticipated single “ALL RED.”
Announcing I AM MUSIC (which is still without a release date) with album covers and a merch hours before its release, “ALL RED” is just a taste of what’s to come of the rapper’s full-length comeback.
Impressively, Carti has had a productive 2024 despite dropping his first official solo single since 2020’s “@ Meh.” Nevertheless, he remains as the most influential rapper of our generation, staying in rotation with features on Travis Scott‘s UTOPIA (“FE!N”), Camila Cabello‘s “I LUV IT” and Ye‘s VULTURES (“Carnival”). “ALL RED” also reached No. 1 on Apple Music, amassing over 12 million streams in its first 24 hours.
“UPSIDE DOWN CROSS, TAT ON MY NECK, SHUTEMUP” he chants over production led by F1LTHY and Ojivolta, who produced Carti’s “2024” with Kanye West earlier this year. Despite Carti’s use the deep voice heard throughout his 2024 singles, “ALL RED” isn’t by any means a new track. With rumors of the song being made around 2022, fans were quick to notice that Carti’s use of vocal effects as opposed to a clear take or his deep-toned vocals resembled the register of Future.
The song was vaulted until a snippet leaked in 2023, making “ALL RED” a grail beloved by the Carti community. “THIS 1 FOR YAL, I CANT LIE,” Carti posted upon the song’s release late Thursday night, knowing that his fans have wanted it for quite some time. Now with I AM MUSIC finally on the way, it’s only a matter of time before Carti’s full-length comeback is complete.
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Listen to “ALL RED” below!