Vince Staples has announced his seventh studio album, 'Cry Baby', set for release on June 5 via Loma Vista. Alongside the news, the Long Beach rapper, singer, and actor has shared the lead single 'Blackberry Marmalade' and a gripping music video shot from a first-person shooter perspective.
The album marks a shift from the introspective tones of 2024's 'Dark Times' and 2022's 'Ramona Park Broke My Heart', turning outward to examine the cyclical turmoil of American society. Staples builds each track around live instrumentation to capture immediacy and emotional weight. "As the world burns, I have decided to release this album. Thanks for listening," he said.
'Blackberry Marmalade' features the haunting lyrics, "Blackberry marmalade and sweet tea / Beats the summer blaze, they say / Honesty's the best policy, OK," before launching into a fast-paced post-chorus plea: "Promise me you won't gun me down."
'Cry Baby' tracklist:
- 'Blackberry Marmalade'
- 'Go! Go! Gorilla'
- 'White Flag'
- 'Run and Hide'
- 'TV Guide'
- 'The Big Bad Wolf'
- 'Only In America'
- 'Do You Know The Devil'
- 'Cotton'
- '7 In the Morning'
Staples is also set to perform at Bonnaroo 2026 alongside The Strokes, Turnstile, Skrillex, and Noah Kahan, running June 11-14 in Manchester, Tennessee.
In 2024, Staples launched 'The Vince Staples Show' on Netflix, a surreal comedy inspired by Donald Glover's 'Atlanta'. The first season was a hit, but the second premiered quietly in November 2025, and the streamer cancelled the show earlier this year.
Staples' 2022 album 'Ramona Park Broke My Heart' earned a four-star review from NME, which praised it as "the artist dig deeper than ever before."