That leaves us with quite a few gaps, some we can now fill. A week later, we got the first single and video for “Humble.” Finally, the album officially arrived on April 14. On March 23, he first teased the album and released “The Heart Part 4” that same day, with a tentative album release date of April 7.

(However, Rubin is not listed anywhere on Damn.) It wasn’t until March 1, 2017, that Kendrick elaborated on those ideas, confirming to T Magazine that he was working on his next album and that its subject matter would be “very urgent”-so urgent, that it was inspired by “how wayward things have gone within the past few months,” and that he already had several tracks completed. I wanna put all the paint on the wall and see where that goes.” The two then ended the interview by recording in the studio together. I have ideas and I have a certain approach. But the first inkling Kendrick gave that he was working on a new, proper album came last October in an interview with rap sensei Rick Rubin for GQ, where he told Rubin it was too soon to discuss the writing direction for his next album, but said, “I have ideas, though.

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