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Today (August 5th), Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum superstar Offset officially announced that his third solo album,
Kiari, will be out August 22nd via Motown Records.
Kiari will
nclude multiple physical artwork variants. The multihyphenate artist broke the news in Times Square where doppelgangers dressed in suits re-created one of the artwork variants. With his birth name as its title, the highly anticipated Kiari stands to be Offset’s most personal body of work yet and is set to ring in a new era of dominance for the Atlanta icon. Fans can pre-order/pre-save the highly anticipated album here. Additionally, Offset revealed the tracklist that will include collaborations with the likes of J.I.D., Gunna, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, John Legend, Ty Dolla $ign, Key Glock, YFN Lucci, and Teezo Touchdown.
Most recently, Offset debuted the second taste of KIARI, the high-class cut ‘Professional,’ a
bouncing post-trap anthem that finds our host asserting his status in the culture, on the streets, and behind closed doors. The song came with a luxe video filmed at the exclusive celebrity-filled New York eatery Lucien.
In June, Offset dropped KIARI’s scorching lead single ‘Bodies’
featuring J.I.D., which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, became
the #1 added song at Urban Radio, and racked up universal praise from fans and critics including
The Source, BET, UPROXX, HotNewHipHop and
Complex, who ranked the Dreamville rapper’s verse as the sixth best of the year so far. Meanwhile, Vibe called the song which samples Drowning Pool’s iconic 2001 hit, ‘Bodies’ — an “earth-shattering lyrical clinic. Offset and J.I.D. sat down with Variety and Genius to breakdown the creation of ‘Bodies.’
Offset’s been making waves elsewhere too. He recently made a triumphant return to
Hot Ones,
where he discussed his mindset as a solo artist and the origins of his forays into acting. He also made headlines by sitting down for the revealing premiere episode of Complex’s ‘
Interview with a Magician,’ as well
as for his show-stealing set at Milwaukee’s Summerfest late last month when he brought a fan onstage for an unforgettable performance of Migos hit ‘Walk It Talk It.’
Stay tuned for much more from Offset as we approach the long-awaited release of Kiari and check out the physical artwork variants below!
