For a very, very long time, A$AP Rocky has been promising a new album called Don't Be Dumb. His last LP was the divisive Testing, which came out way back in May 2018. After years of teasing, Don't Be Dumb was originally slated for an August 2024 release date, which was pushed back after the release of the single "Highjack," featuring Jessica Pratt. (Remember that? Good song!) Last month, Rocky claimed that Don't Be Dumb would be out by the end of the year. Well, that won't happen. But now the album finally has a(nother) release date, and we'll apparently finally get it in about a month.
On Instagram today, A$AP Rocky posted the big news: Don't Be Dumb is finally coming out in all formats on Jan. 16. The cover art comes from big-deal movie director Tim Burton. I guess it's Rocky as a frog with a megaphone? I don't know what that's all about. There are a bunch of alternate covers, too, and you can click through them all in the slides below. They look a lot like that one, but with different characters.
Rocky first mentioned Tim Burton's involvement on Instagram earlier this week. In November, he claimed that frequent Tim Burton collaborator (and accused sexual harasser) Danny Elfman "scored a bunch of the songs" on the record.
