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Tierra Whack introduced the upcoming launch of her debut album on social media Monday, Jan. 22. The Philadelphia rapper shared a publish with the album art work and a caption revealing its launch date and her inventive associate, who helped carry the music to life. Learn extra particulars inside.
The announcement of Tierra Whack’s first studio album, World Huge Whack, marks six years since her final full-length launch. The mission is ready to be launched on Mar. 15 by way of Interscope. Whack additionally notes that it was masterfully “delivered to life” by visible artist Alex Da Corte.
“I actually took my time with this,” Whack shared in her social media announcement, “so I hope you all get pleasure from it as a lot as I do.”
Tierra additionally revealed {that a} new monitor titled “Bathe Track” will likely be launched on Friday, Jan. 26.
The Philly artist first arrived on the scene along with her beloved visible mission Whack World in 2018. The album, which was impressed by the rapper’s experiences rising up being bullied in a predominantly white college, featured 15 tracks which every clocked in a minute’s size.
Since then, she’s launched plenty of singles through the years. She was additionally featured on “MY POWER” from the Beyoncé-curated soundtrack for 2021’s The Lion King. That yr Whack additionally launched three EPs: Rap?, Pop?, and R&B?. Her documentary Cypher was launched on Hulu final October 2023, and in November she shared a brand new tune referred to as “Chanel Pit.”
In line with Pitchfork, the album’s press launch states that the album’s cowl is “the primary reveal of the World Huge Whack character, an alter ego each untouchable and susceptible, superhuman and painfully human, whose shocking story will unfold in photographs and video over the course of the album’s visible rollout.”
The assertion additionally lists Seventeenth-century Italian clown Pierrot, dressmaker Elsa Schiaparelli, and Donna Summer season as inspirations for the character.
