Lil Child has been having one other large 12 months. The Atlanta rapper, singer, and songwriter had the primary primary hip-hop album of 2025 with WHAM again in January. It offered a good 144,000 items and he is at present taking a break from touring the undertaking with BigXthaPlug, Pluto, and Loe Shimmy.
Highlights from his fourth consecutive chart-topping LP included “Dum, Dumb, and Dumber,” which was arguably the largest standout. That observe housed the primary Younger Thug verse since his launch final October. There was additionally a collab with Travis Scott on “Stuff,” a verse from 21 Savage on “Outfit,” as different appearances from Rylo Rodriguez and Rod Wave.
However after dropping WHAM and watching it go climb the Sizzling 200, he determined to announce Dominique. This album was imagined to function some extra private and introspective cuts. “Dominique is extra the intense me, extra private. That’s part of the brand new journey I’m on. I hate the phrase susceptible, however I’m gonna be extra open to my followers and my viewers.”
He added, “I do know my fanbase actually wish to hear them sure songs.” Lil Child then teased a February launch date on social media writing, “See yall Once more in a pair weeks “Dominique” The Album 2-?-25.”
When Is Lil Child Dropping His Album?
Sadly, it bought delayed for 2 months amid homicide accusations from police again in his hometown. They have been claiming that his music video shoot led to a deadly taking pictures of two teenagers in Atlanta. Nonetheless, it stays unclear if these two issues coincided.
Both means, that concept appears to be going into storage for now as a result of Lil Child has introduced a completely completely different title. As caught by Kurrco, the “Freestyle” MC teased a tracklist on a whiteboard with “The Leak$” written above the tune titles.
Reported options are arguably extra stacked than WHAM‘s, too. Playboi Carti, Younger Thug, Lucki, Veeze, and Skooly are only some. We even have a launch date as effectively. Child posted an IG carousel about an hour in the past on the time of writing with the caption, “8.15.25.”
Followers are hype and we hope The Leak$ really sees a launch subsequent Friday. If it does come out it is going to additionally comply with up on his current visitor appearances on Metro Boomin‘s A FUTURISTIC SUMMA and different singer Jessie Murph’s Intercourse Hysteria.