Destroy Lonely first signed onto Playboi Carti’s record label Opium in 2021 and has been on the move ever since. Along with performing and raging out with Carti and his other label mates, he’s dropped a steady stream of his own music.
His most recent album, LOVE LASTS FOREVER, was in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 and went number one on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop charts. However, he recently teased that a new project might be in the works that’ll please fans of all Opium artists.
When will Opium deliver their group project?
In an interview with Complex that dropped October 15, Destroy Lonely discussed all things Opium, Carti, and what to expect on his upcoming tour starting in November.
After sharing his disappointment for not being in the publication’s The 20 Best Rappers In Their 20s list, he gave the head of his label their flowers.
“…Honestly, I feel like Carti, as everybody can see, has influenced almost the entire next generation of music, and he’s always doing his own thing. He’s always staying in his own lane, and having his own style and the ways that he does things. I feel like that is the main reason why he’s revered as much as he is, and that’s why I respect him and I love him as my good brother,” he said.
Hopefully, that brotherhood and bond can be displayed in a project with other signees, including Homixide Gang and Ken Carson.
“Always on the way and always in the works. It’s very hard to put a date or a time or even tell y’all where or when that would ever happen. We’re always working on music together. It’s just a matter of when all of our careers mesh up and when the stars align for it to happen. But we’re always making music together. Us as a collective or label, whether it be from me and Homixide Gang, Homixide and Ken [Carson], me and Ken, me and Carti, or all of us together, we’ve recorded so much music and so many songs,” he said.
It’s unsure if the project will follow the Carti curse of having more wait time than the DMV.
Nevertheless, Destroy Lonely is getting ready to perform on FOREVER TOUR and give fans something while they wait.
“I love everything on tour, personally, just because touring means so much to me outside of festivals and one-off shows. Because that’s when you see the people that are literally only there for you, and love you so much … Honestly, no disrespect to the album that was created, but I never got a chance to tour my last album [If Looks Could Kill] and I see a lot of people just waiting to hear some of those songs live. So I’m trying to put together a set list and kind of merge both of them together to make everyone happy,” he said.
One thing is for sure despite the Opium rumors — they are continuing to make noise in their unique ways while keeping the punk rap aesthetic alive.
