ASAP Rocky talks new album, fatherhood and more in new interview.
ASAP Rocky made his return to the music with a brand new song “Sh*ttin Me“, which is the lead single of the soundtrack to the video game Need For Speed Unbound. After the release of the album, the rapper connected with Complex for a new interview, where he details his upcoming project.
“We’re [still] wrapping the album now,” he said about the album. “Like I told everybody last time, the Rolling Loud performance was my last performance until the album was wrapped. And now it’s about time that we start dropping songs and getting prepared for the rollout. There’s a lot in store, and I’m excited about everything. Without giving out too many surprises, it’s some cool sh*t in store. And it’s not a situation where they are going to have to wait long. It’s like ASAP, no pun intended.”
“It’s beautiful,” he said about adjusting to upcoming project with fatherhood. “Honestly, I think fatherhood gives me more time to do exactly what I want. I don’t have time for anything that isn’t priorities. It helps you prioritize, honestly. I love it. Everything is just based around my newfound love for being a dad and a family man. It’s lit right now. I can’t even describe it. Yo, you see this smile! I’m all smiles right now, man.”
He was also asked about the most important thing we should know about him at this point in his career as an artist, designer, and father: “The most important thing that they should know about me, if they don’t already know, is that I’m pure artistry right now. I’m in a place where I want to give my all to all of this. All I have is my craft, my art, my family. That’s just my life. That’s what encompasses or completes my life at this moment. So I’m really compassionate about everything that I do. And I’ll reiterate I want to express myself musically in a way that I haven’t. And it’s such a really weird time for hip-hop. We’re losing so many legends. And the scope of the game, pop is fighting for the number one spot, as far the most predominant genre. It’s a really weird time right now. I don’t really care for the politics of it. I just want to give motherf**kers some dope sh*t. They’re going to see. It’s going to be ill. I want to press the reset button on everything that we’re doing and hopefully lead by example for everybody else to be more creative, forward thinking.”
During a press appearance for her most recent Savage X Fenty fashion show, Rih discussed the possibility of disclosing more information about her kid to the public. Rocky claims that there will be more information shortly, but his girl appears to prefer the idea of keeping things quiet. “But I guess…there’s a certain freedom that comes with, kind of just like, getting it out there,” Rihanna said on the red carpet. “The challenge is we want to do regular s**t with our baby. We want to go to the park. We want to go everywhere and take walks and things that we want to do as parents with him. But since we haven’t gotten around to sharing him with the world, we have to navigate it extremely, extremely cautiously right now.”
Check out his new song below.
