Tierra Whack has released her new album, WORLD WIDE WHACK, via Interscope Records. Stream one of our most anticipated albums of 2024 below.
Billed as her debut album, WORLD WIDE WHACK follows Whack’s acclaimed 2018 project Whack World. Much like her first debut, this debut’s artsy, playful take on hip-hop comes accompanied by original images and videos. The combination of sonics and visuals fleshes out the fictional character Whack inhabits for the duration of the album, a character who’s described as “an alter ego both untouchable and vulnerable, superhuman, and painfully human.”
Whack went deeper into the project’s vulnerability in an Instagram post that she posted alongside the single “27 CLUB.” “I was in a dark place for a long time, and no one knew. I found my way out and made a choice to keep living,” she wrote. “I wanna be completely transparent with my ‘whackos’ because I’m human just like you and we all have rough days. The key is to keep going! Be kind… you never know what someone else is going through. For the longest time, I felt like I didn’t belong, but now I know that I do, and my hope is for other people to know that, too.”
Such themes are reflected in the Alex Da Corte-designed cover art, which references the iconic sad clown of 17th-century Italian theater, Pierrot, as well as 1930s fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli and Donna Summer.
In addition to “27 CLUB,” singles “CHANEL PIT” (which cracked the top half of our 200 Best Songs of 2023 list) and “SHOWER SONG” also previewed WORLD WIDE WHACK. Last year also saw the release of the non-album single “Millions” and her pseudo-music documentary called Cypher.
WORLD WIDE WHACK Artwork:
WORLD WIDE WHACK Tracklist:
01. MOOD SWING
02. MS BEHAVE
03. CHANEL PIT
04. NUMB
05. BURNING BRAINS
06. ACCESSIBLE
07. IMAGINARY FRIENDS
08. X
09. MOOVIES
10. DIFFICULT
11. SHOWER SONG
12. INVITATION
13. SNAKES EYES
14. TWO NIGHT
15. 27 CLUB
