NETTSPEND DROPS NEW ALBUM “early life crisis” -feats. YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN
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NETTSPEND RELEASES NEW ALBUM EARLY LIFE CRISIS LISTEN HERE INCLUDES COLLABS WITH NBA YOUNGBOY AND OSAMASON + VIDEO FOR EXPLOSIVE SINGLE “WHO TF IS YOU” WATCH HERE (OUT LATER TODAY) FOLLOWS HEADLINE-MAKING GUCCI RUNWAY APPEARANCE DURING MILAN FASHION WEEK |
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18-year-old rap phenom and underground scene leader Nettspend releases his feverishly anticipated new album, early life crisis, a gloriously chaotic set of blistering sounds, brash lyrics, and magnetic charisma. Listen HERE. The all-new 21-song project features collaborations with YoungBoy Never Broke Again and OsamaSon, and arrives alongside a wild music video for the explosive single, “who tf is you” — watch HERE. (OUT LATER TODAY) early life crisis drops in the wake of Nettspend’s massive Milan Fashion Week debut — where he walked for Gucci and made headlines in Teen Vogue (“Nettspend Delayed His Album, but His Gucci Walk Will Tide You Over”), Vogue(“Demna’s Next Generation of Gucci It Kids”), and GQ (“The Internet Rap Boys Enter the House of Gucci”), not to mention landed mentions and photos in countless other outlets including The New York Times, W Magazine, and Complex. Recently teased in a series of trailers collected HERE, early life crisis reflects a generation being ushered into adulthood too quickly. The album channels the pressure, anxiety, and angst of a resilient youth culture navigating a world that hits hard and without warning — a snapshot of growing up in chaos, funneled through the polarizing perspective of a born rockstar and generational force who’s been alienating olds and amassing a cult-like fandom since he was 16. Embodying the album’s brazen spirit, “who tf is you” is gleefully confrontational in every way. Bit-crushed drum explosions and glittering splats of melody roil beneath Nettspend’s voice, which both blends with and pierces through the burbling digital chaos. He pours out an impressionistic slurry of brags and sneers, taking aim at critics and haters with lines like, “Can’t you see how long I’m lastin’? I don’t need no practice / Intercept this bat, come catch this.” The “who tf is you” music video bursts with exactly the kind of freewheeling teenage mayhem that the track feels made for. Directed by Kai Cranmore (OsamaSon, RJ Pasin) and shot in the snowy woods of Nettspend’s home state of Virginia, the cinematic visual finds him with a female companion and some corpse-painted friends. They shoot off fireworks, throw snowballs, do donuts, set fires, and obliterate mailboxes with a spiked bat from the bed of a pickup truck. That raw, raging energy courses through early life crisis — especially on songs like “masked up,” where Nettspend’s digitally distorted scream-rap bookends an NBA YoungBoyverse that hits with rapid-fire staccato intensity. With production from CXO , Rok (Playboi Carti, Future), Cranes, and othersthe music is just as exhilarating, ripping through siren-like synths (“shades on”), crystalline melodies (“still standing”), and rumbling bass waves (“pain talk” with OsamaSon). Last month, after being spotted with Olivia Rodrigo during GRAMMYs week, Nettspend stoked flames with an early life crisis listening party at New York’s Slipper Room. The event picked up coverage from XXL and GQ, who caught him getting snowed on from his sun roof while trying to clear a path through fan-packed streets. Highsnobiety was there, too, writing, “Nettspend has entered his rockstar era … Jostling for position, a crowd of internet diehards and Gen-Z punks flooded the venue, turning the Lower East Side locale into a hotbed of fan-induced chaos.” Known to cause a scene wherever he goes, Nettspend lit up mosh pits last year on multiple tours — along the way inspiring photoshoots of his devoted followers (i-D), coverage of special guests like Pinkpantheress (Complex), and backstage chats with the likes of MTV vet John Norris (Interview Magazine). He later stepped out of a star-spangled limo directly into a riotous Rolling Loud California set, and arrived by chopper to his 18th birthday party in a 17th floor penthouse. GQ marked Nettspend’s coming-of-age with a lengthy profile that placed the young man in the center of a whirlwind of A-list activity and noted, “The inroads have been carved for this hyper-online scene of profoundly parent-alienating music to cross over into the mainstream, and Nett has been anointed as its cherubic face.” They also had him back for a 10 Essentialsvideo. Meanwhile, Highsnobiety attended the rising star’s birthday spectacular in Los Angeles, following with both afashion pieceabout Nettspend’s trendsetting fans and a rapturous on-the-ground report that declared: “Nett without a doubt has an obvious allure both musically and aesthetically. If you’re unfamiliar, picture Kurt Cobain’s hair, Justin Bieber’s boyish charm, and Lil Peep’s infamous slurring sad boy swagger. Whatever Nett’s formula is, it’s working.” Nettspend sold out his first-ever Australian tour in January and is set to perform at Rolling Loud Orlando on May 8. Stay tuned for more live dates to come, and listen to early life crisisnow. Nettspend, early life crisis 1. you ready? 2. ce 3. pain talk ft. OsamaSon 4. crack 5. still standing 6. who tf is u 7. trap house 2016 8. masked up ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again 9. stab 10. halftime 11. meet me in richmond 12. no sleep 13. <3 me 14. paris hilton 15. sick 16. cross em out 17. shades on 18. plan b 19. make it bleed 20. hey, hello 21. lil Bieber |
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