Roddy Ricch performing at Lollapalooza 2021 at Grant Park in Chicago.
Mickey Pierre Louis for LollapaloozaRoddy Ricch is getting ready to add another album to his discography. On Wednesday (Dec. 1), “The Box” rapper revealed the name and cover art for his upcoming sophomore album.
“livelifefast 12/17 spread the word,” Ricch captioned the album’s cover art, which features him in a bright yellow jacket driving past a city skyline in a black Rolls-Royce. Ricch also cleared out his Instagram page in anticipation for his upcoming era. The 23-year-old rapper also posted the album art to his Twitter, and shared it with a blue evil eye emoji.
Live Life Fast will serve as the follow-up to his debut studio album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. The album, released via Atlantic Records and Bird Vision Entertainment, spent 103 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, with four weeks at No. 1. The debut also hit the No. 1 spots on the Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. “The Box” from that album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ricch most recently released “Lemme Find Out” alongside Bino Rideaux in October and solo single “Late at Night” in June.
Live Life Fast is currently available to be pre-saved on Spotify and Apple Music. Physical copies of the album, which is set to release Dec. 17, can be pre-ordered from Ricch’s official merchandise store.
See the cover art for the album below.
Fontaines D.C. have teamed up with Rosalía for their new collaboration, Where Is Gone?.
The song features on the Irish rock band's forthcoming album, Dopamine Chamber, which arrives on Friday (16.10.26). For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, working with the Spanish superstar is particularly special because of his own Spanish roots.
He explained: “I’ve admired Rosalía ever since her debut album, which I thought was absolutely beautiful.
“What excited me most was the way she continued to preserve Spain's musical traditions, something that felt spiritually connected to what we've been trying to achieve with Irish music. Having roots in both countries, it's been really special to witness. "She's an artist who has continued to amaze me at every point in her career.”
Frontman Grian Chatten has also described the collaboration with Rosalía as one of the most memorable achievements of his career.
He revealed that he felt "humbled" when she agreed to lend her voice to the band's album.
Speaking to NPR, Grian said: “I've always felt there's something almost like a single big idea that I'm personally trying to communicate to the world before I get old and die, if that makes sense. There's one thing I think I'll spend my life trying to express. I have a feeling she has a similar outlook. … I mean, she's an amazing arranger, composer and lyricist. It means so much that she wanted to sing on something we'd put together. It's definitely one of the highlights of my career.”
Rosalía's links to Irish rock music extend beyond Fontaines D.C. She also offered inspiration and helped develop the Spanish lyrics for U2's The Mirror Maker (Rosalía), a track from their forthcoming album, Carnaval de Luz.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, she spoke about frontman Bono, saying: “I don't know him personally, but he sent me a text explaining that he was working on a new project and had written a song called The Mirror Maker."
Rosalía joked that Bono had invented a few words of his own.
She recalled telling him: “I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I told him he could create his own language if he wanted to.”
She described the opportunity to collaborate with the 66 year old music veteran as a real privilege.
She added: “Bono is a legend.
“It's amazing.”
Bono recently revealed that he was worried about seeming like a stalker when he reached out to Rosalía to ask whether he could name the song after her.
