A$AP Rocky Reveals How His Tim Burton Collab Came Together

A$AP Rocky says that he needed to stalk and harass Tim Burton for years earlier than he may get him to do the duvet art work for his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. He recalled how their collaboration got here collectively throughout an look on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday.

Explaining the way it all went down, Rocky admitted that he “needed to principally stalk and harass him for a couple of years.” He recalled: “I hit him up and I used to be identical to, ‘I’d be delighted to kick it with you, play you some vibes and stuff.’ So, I went out to Malibu to kick it with him when he had a break, and he was into it. I performed him the album, an early rendition of it, and he was rocking with it. So, I used to be identical to, ‘Yo, you assume perhaps you could possibly do the illustration for it?’ He was eager to it and subsequent factor I knew, he had ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Beetlejuice 2’ and stuff. I used to be like, ‘Damn, which means this factor is extended.'”

A$AP Rocky continued: “The fascinating half is, once I went there, I noticed a sketch mendacity on the desk. And I used to be like, ‘You did this?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, each morning, me and my daughter. I do half of a sketch, after which she comes and revises it or completes it.’ So, day by day, that is what they’re training. They appeared prefer it as a bond. I checked out it as, that is helpful.”

On Tuesday, A$AP Rocky shared a twin music video for his songs, “WHISKEY” and “BLACK DEMARCO.” Tim Burton makes an look within the visible and in addition supplies a number of illustrations for it as effectively.

In addition to sharing his music video for “WHISKEY” and “BLACK DEMARCO,” Rocky additionally introduced his Don’t Be Dumb World Tour on Tuesday. He’ll be performing a complete of 42 concert events throughout North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom all through 2026.