Playboi Carti Needs To Choose Between Secrecy & Superstardom Before Its Too Late [Video]

Despite what the rabid, terminally online, and obsessive nature of Playboi Carti fans suggests, he is not music’s only mystery. It’s been four years since his highly influential classic, Whole Lotta Red. In the meantime, the wait for its follow-up has been exhausting, chaotic, often exciting, frequently disappointing, but always fervent. A huge run of non-streaming singles poised 2024 as the Atlanta creative’s year, which itself followed multiple canceled tours, massive festival performances, tease after snippet after announcement after delay, and bare-minimum social media engagement up until some more frequent activity this year. As you can tell, it’s been a vicious cycle that both shrouds Carti in mystery and allows him to benefit from massive industry moves or get a bag whenever he feels like it. To be fair, you can say this about many artists today, so don’t think we’re singling out the Opium boss just to hate.

But his frequent collaborator The Weekndknew this …