Chance The Rapper has threatened to delay the release of his new album Star Line due to the way that fans are talking about the project.
In a video posted on Instagram on Tuesday (August 13), the Chicago rapper laid out his issues with his followers referring to his upcoming project as “the album” and not its official title when interacting with him on social media.
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“Alright, so this was the main point I was trying to make: stop calling it ‘the album,'” he said while riding on his tour bus. “And I don’t mean that in an ungrateful way. I’m grateful that people are putting in my comments, ‘Drop the album.’
“I’m not finna drop the album until y’all start calling it Star Line. I’m not gonna drop the project, I’m not gonna do these installations — I got so much shit ready. But I hope that y’all understand that.”
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Chance continued: “‘Drop the album’ — that’s for all the other artists, for everybody else whose work I also appreciate. But what I’m doing is something different. It’s something very specific. It’s called Star Line.
“So if y’all gonna press me for the project, don’t put ‘drop the album’ in my comments ’cause it makes me feel like y’all don’t know what’s going on. I’ve been saying one specific phrase for like two, three years now. I’ve been saying Star Line.”
Chanco then said that if fans start calling it Star Line, then he may release the album sooner: “If y’all say, ‘Drop Star Line‘ enough, it’s gonna make me drop Star Line. When y’all say ‘the album,’ it confuses me.”
The Chicago rapper also revealed in the video that Star Line was being released completely independently.
“The truth is, everybody doesn’t know what’s going on. That’s why it’s a rollout, because I’m doing this shit dolo, I’m doing this shit by myself,” he said. “I mean, I’m doing it with the team, but it ain’t nobody invested that’s gotta make it work. I’m that person.”
Star Line appears close to release as Chance The Rapper has been hosting multi-sensory listening events for the album, which will be his first-full length offering since his polarizing 2019 debut album The Big Day.
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The Grammy-winner has been teasing Star Line for a while, sharing a video earlier this year that hinted at features from the likes of Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty, Jermaine Dupri, T-Pain, Jazze Pha and Vic Mensa.
He has also released a string of potential singles including “The Highs & The Lows” featuring Joey Bada$$, “Buried Alive” and the DJ Premier-produced “Together.”
