Playboi Carti operates on an entirely different wavelength than most of his peers, and the creative process behind his upcoming album is a testament to that.
In an interview with Numéro Berlin published on Friday (November 3), the 27-year-old was asked about his subject matter and lyricism in the context of evolving as an artist.
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“I feel like my mind is just so broad and I’m really onto the next thing so fast,” he responded. “When you think too hard about certain things, it stops you from being creative. Like, it just alters certain shit. So I really try to stay out my head, I try to stay out my phone, and I just try to lock in. I’m in my surroundings.
“I’ve been recording in Paris, I love Paris. Amazing. I was recording, in a cave, for like three months, and all the music that came out of that is just chaotic and crazy. Then, I’m in a glass house, somewhere in the hills, and the music there is just very good to the ears. And then, I’m in Atlanta and the tensions are just high and the music is biting. So, it’s the little things like that that keep me going, because I’m just trying to talk to myself.”
Earlier this year, Carti rejigged his tour dates just a week prior to its scheduled start, postposing the United States leg to next year.
In early September, his team announced that the Antagonist Tour, which was set to commence in Denver just a few days later, will now have a late November launch in Dublin, Ireland. Whereas the European shows have remained the same, the North American ones were shifted to mid-January 2024.
“Antagonist tour went from being next week to next year,” one fan tweeted in disappointment.
Some were a lot angrier at the short notice, with one ticketholder writing: “Fuck you carti why did you have to reschedule the antagonist tour man i have to sell my ticket now.” In the same spirit but even more upset, another posted: “I hope antagonist tour gets cancelled and carti never drops again.”
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Others remained optimistic, with posts such as: “At least antagonist tour getting delayed means they dropping music and a great chaos right? RIGHT?”
All in all, Carti’s fans seem to be all over the place following the disappointing news, with Hip Hop influencer SK pointing out: “Playboi carti really be tormenting his fans bro, yall have been in shambles on the timeline.”
