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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
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Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Wasting no time, the hip-hop/alternative artist is back with his third album in three years. This time, teaming up with several A-list songwriters and producers, he’s carefully crafted what’s nothing short of a masterpiece sure to exceed expectations. On the heels of his wildly successful sophomore release, Therapy Session, which debuted at #1 on the Rap Albums Chart and #12 on the Top 200, he’s amassed an incredibly loyal fanbase that’s responsible for garnering him 700k+ album equivalents, with over 300k album sales, 700k track sales and 500m+ streams. Delivering the same honest lyrical content and real emotion that NF has become known for, the newest full-length invites us further into the mind of an artist who is clearly just getting started.
ALBUM: Perception
RELEASE DATE: 10/6
SINGLE: “Let You Down”
TV: Over 35 career syncs include ESPN, Fox, Monday Night Football, VH1, more
LIVE: Venue size +250% YOY, ticket sales +93% YOY; headlined Therapy Session Tour fall 2016 (20 shows sold out); headlined 40-city North American spring tour 2017 (21 shows sold out); 2018 Perception Tour will be over 75k tickets; key festivals have included Midtown Music Fest, Austin City Limits, Voodoo, Lollapalooza, Life Is Beautiful, more
INTERNET: 149m+ YouTube channel views, over 552k subscribers; 500m+ streams, averaging 8m per week, 1.3m+ Spotify monthly listeners, 348k followers; Perception webstore pre-order campaign currently the top-performing and fastest-selling pre-order store for all of CMG this year; combined social reach of 1m+; Instagram 284k (+126% YOY), Twitter 120k (+100% YOY), Facebook 260k
RADIO: Impacting Rhythmic on 9/25 and Pop on 10/23
PRESS: Idolator (“NF is due for a breakthrough with new album Perception”)
BOOKING: Jeff Krones/CAA
PUBLISHING: BMI
MANAGEMENT: Chris Woltman/Element1 Music