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Everything We Know So Far About The New Mykki Blanco Album
M. Sharkey
The artist's first studio album will be out September 16.
July 21 2016 3:15 PM EST
January 21 2017 7:50 AM EST
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The artist's first studio album will be out September 16.
Rapper Mykki Blanco, known for hits like "Wavvy," "Feeling Special," and "Kingpinning," will release a first studio album with the independent label !K7. Fans are hyped, and information is trickling out via the artist's Twitter. Here's what we know about it so far:
Blanco announced it unofficially on Twitter yesterday:
MYKKI the first studio album from artist @MykkiBlanco, officially announcing tomorrow pic.twitter.com/Ze7gQkmuvj
-- mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 20, 2016
"So I trolled all of you super hard tonight because tomorrow the label/pr's are officially announcing my new album," Blanco said.
Back in May, another song off the album, "High School Never Ends" featuring Woodkid, came out and featured a modern Romeo and Juliet inspired romance between Blanco and a skinheaded man, who becomes the victim of a hate crime.
A new single followed, called "The Plug Won't." with lyrics like "You feel so numb, drugs got you gone. Don't fuck my feelings yes I'm really coming home. Off limit topics pull the cover off i'm blown, love lock link handcuff me to bone to bone." Woodkind came back to produce, along with Jeremiah Meece.
Finally, Blanco released the whole track list:
Blanco still has the best fans:
\u201clistening to this new @MykkiBlanco like\u201d— NVRO (@NVRO) 1469020746
The album is available for pre-order on most major streaming services, but there will be vinyl versions and CDs as well. There will be a U.K. tour, hitting Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, London, and Sheffield.