MUSIC is Playboi Carti’s third studio album and his first release in over four years, following his widely acclaimed December 2020 album, Whole Lotta Red. After the release of Whole Lotta Red, Carti revealed the existence of a new project in the caption of a since-deleted Instagram post: LeTs dr0p thiS new Album . w3 noT done . In his April 2022 interview with XXL, Carti briefly discussed details about his new album: You just played some new music. One song was “Wicked.” You mentioned you had a new album. What can you say about that? I was about to name my album Music because that’s where I’m at, you know what I’m saying? Music. Do you have a name now? Music because that’s all it is at this point.