The highly anticipated record also features collaborations with Justin Bieber, Central Cee, Future, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Robert Glasper, Jung Kook, D4VD, and Baby Drill
After increasing anticipation to a boiling point throughout the fall, The Kid LAROI proudly presents his highly awaited full-length debut album, THE FIRST TIME, out now via Columbia Records. As a whole, the 20-track opus affirms The Kid LAROI as the game’s most inventive, infectious, and inimitable outlier. He threads together a simultaneously nuanced and expansive body of work powered by a signature hybrid of hip-hop, pop, alternative, and indie.
To celebrate the record’s arrival, LAROI shares the Cole Bennett-directed music video for the new single and opener “SORRY,” with a nod to one of his first videos “Let Her Go.” As a soul sample rattles at the sound of 808s, he gets introspective with a confession, “Every day I wake up scared that it could be taken from me,” only to remind, “I ain’t sorry.”
The star-studded album includes friends and peers, including Justin Bieber who delivers a reflective recollection on “STRANGERS PT. 2 (Interlude).” The latter’s piano continues on “CALL ME INSTEAD” [feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Robert Glasper]. The Kid LAROI’s warbling vocals hover over the beat as his collaborators each accent the track.
The album concludes on a powerful note during “KIDS ARE GROWING UP.” In a full circle moment, The Kid LAROI admits, “Growing up I watched my favorite rappers’ interviews, I ain’t believe ‘em when they said it ain’t all what it seems, but now I’m here I realize they were telling truth.”
Check out the full tracklist below:
THE FIRST TIME
- SORRY
- BLEED
- I THOUGHT THAT I NEEDED YOU
- WHERE DO YOU SLEEP?
- TOO MUCH (feat. Jung Kook & Central Cee)
- TEAR ME APART
- STRANGERS (Interlude)
- NIGHTS LIKE THIS
- WHAT’S THE MOVE? (feat. Future & Baby Drill)
- STRANGERS PT 2 Interlude (with Justin Bieber)
- CALL ME INSTEAD (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Robert Glasper)
- DESERVE YOU
- WHAT WENT WRONG???
- THE LINE (feat. D4VD)
- WHAT JUST HAPPENED
- YOU
- LOVE AGAIN
- WHERE DOES YOUR SPIRIT GO?
- YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST TIME…
- KIDS ARE GROWING UP
Earlier this week, he surprised fans with “WHAT’S THE MOVE?” [feat. Future & Baby Drill]. He also preceded the release with “WHAT JUST HAPPENED,” “BLEED” and “TOO MUCH” (feat. Jung Kook & labelmate Central Cee).
The Kid LAROI’s THE FIRST TIME is out now on all digital music platforms worldwide via Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment.
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