André 3000 announces new album with absurd, incredible tracklist
André 3000 will release his first album in over 17 years, New Blue Sun, on November 17

André 3000 is releasing his first album in over 17 years, but the content might not be what you expect. “[Even] actually on the packaging, you’ll see it says, ‘Warning: no bars,’” he explains in a new interview with NPR. New Blue Sun, releasing on November 17, is not a rap album at all. Instead, it’s an improvisational instrumental album wherein André plays the flute alongside other jazz musicians.
“I would love to be out here playing with everybody, but it’s just not happening for me,” he says of writing rap verses. “This is the realest thing that’s coming right now. Not to say that I would never do it again, but those are not the things that are coming right now. And I have to present what’s given to me at the time.”
To compensate for the lack of lyrics on New Blue Sun, the eight-song tracklist has a set of whimsical titles that serve as disclaimer and guidepost—a way to “humanize it or punkatize or like make it less precious,” André says. The list is as follows:
01 I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time
02 The Slang Word P(*)ssy Rolls Off the Tongue With Far Better Ease Than the Proper Word Vagina . Do You Agree?