Roddy Ricch Is Back, Announces Surprise Track “Survivor’s Remorse” Dropping Tonight
Roddy Ricch is officially back on the scene. The Compton, Calif., rapper announced on Thursday (May 30) that his next single “Survivor’s Remorse” is making landfall at midnight. The song marks the first offering from his forthcoming LP, The Navy Album, which is expected to debut sometime in 2024.
The news arrived via his Instagram, where he posted the track’s cover art. In the photo, he stands in an all-blue room while sporting a white tank top and loose black pants. He warmed fans up a few hours beforehand with a post that warned, “2024 is PERSONAL not business.”
Immediately, relentless fans began sharing their thoughts in the comments, a majority of them repeating the same sentiment: “This is your last chance, buddy.”
“Fam, been waiting too long. Forgot how you even sound,” another top comment read.
This point of view seemingly stems from the 25-year-old artist being noticeably less active on the music front over the last two years, a contrast from his epic 2018-2020 run. The chart-topping spitter’s last full length release was 2022’s Feed Tha Streets III, which housed singles like “Twin” featuring Lil Durk and “Aston Martin Music.” Prior to that was his sophomore album, LIVE LIFE FAST, an 18-track body of work with features from Lil Baby, Gunna, Kodak Black, 21 Savage, Future, and others.
However, just before that string of releases, Ricch was on an unprecedented streak. It kicked off with 2018’s Feed Tha Streets II, the mixtape that boasted his now 2x Platinum anthem “Die Young.” In 2019, he experienced the most successful year of his career thus far, locking in two smash hits, “Ballin'” with Mustard and “The Box.” The former went 7x Platinum while the latter is now certified Diamond and spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Speaking of “The Box,” the track recently was part of a copyright lawsuit. Songwriter Greg Perry sued Roddy Ricch and Atlantic Records back in 2022, claiming that Roddy stole elements from Perry’s 1975 song, “Come On Down.
On Feb. 12, Judge Analisa Torres dismissed the case and ruled that the two songs weren’t comparable. “No reasonable jury could find that the works are substantially similar,” Torres wrote in her filing per Billboard, noting, “significant dissimilarities” between the “aesthetic appeal” of each track.
Revisit the Diamond-certified hit below and view Ricch’s new music announcement above.
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