21 Savage has introduced a brand new album, scheduled for launch this Friday (January 12).
Yesterday (January 9), the rapper took to Instagram to announce ‘American Dream’, the follow-up to his 2018 sophomore album, ‘I Am > I Was’. Connected to an image of the album’s cowl was a caption which merely wrote, “My third solo album AMERICAN DREAM this Friday,” adopted by emojis of British and American flags, which appeared to reference his immigrant standing in America.
The album cowl additionally options extra references to his non-American citizenship, depicting a childhood image of the rapper overlaid with particulars of 21 Savage’s immigrant visa. The rapper, born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was born in London to British nationals with Caribbean roots, and ultimately moved to Atlanta along with his mom on the age of seven.
Since saying the album, 21 Savage has been revealing the artists featured on the album by posting childhood photos of his collaborators on Instagram. Up to now, the rapper has revealed that fellow Atlanta rapper Younger Thug, and singers Brent Faiyaz and Summer season Walker will seem on ‘American Dream’. Apart from these particulars, the album’s monitor itemizing has but to be revealed.
21 Savage’s announcement of ‘American Dream’ shortly follows the discharge of the trailer to his upcoming biopic, American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, which arrived only a day earlier than. The trailer, which was co-directed by Atlanta collaborators Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori and Fam Udeorji, alongside Luis Perez, featured Donald Glover and Stranger Issues star Caleb McLaughlin enjoying 21 Savage at completely different ages. The four-minute, twenty-second clip additionally doubles because the music video for an unnamed monitor, which can presumably seem on the upcoming album.
Watch the trailer for American Dream: The 21 Savage Story beneath.
Primarily based on the trailer, the movie seems to comply with 21 Savage’s life story, from his childhood experiences to his eventual arrest by the American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in a “targetted operation” which revealed that the rapper was truly British, and has been staying in america for longer than his visa – which expired in 2006 – allowed. The movie, which is co-written by Stephen Glover and Olori, may even characteristic appearances from Gail Bean, Druski, Jabari Banks, Chad Lindberg, Victoria Pedretti, Younger Mazino, and Natasha Lyonne.
Whereas no launch date has been introduced for the biopic, it’s anticipated to reach this 12 months.
American Dream: The 21 Savage Story marks the most recent collaboration between 21 Savage and Donald Glover, following Infantile Gambino’s look on ‘I Am > I Was’, and earlier, 21 Savage’s uncredited look on Infantile Gambino’s 2018 single ‘This Is America’, by which he supplied ad-libs.
In December 2023, 21 Savage performed a sold-out live performance on the O2 Area, which garnered a four-star overview from NME, with Georgia Evans writing: “Savage’s probability to carry out within the UK has been robbed for thus lengthy that simply to be right here, celebrating his profession so far, seems like a deliciously anarchic triumph.”
