The Belgian rapper shared the song Chrome last Friday, before revealing the release of the record, scheduled for November 15. The 32-year-old musician returns to the forefront, a year after declaring that he wanted to take a break until May 2025.
It's best not to take Damso's word for it. While the Belgian rapper announced more than a year ago that he was taking a break to return in 2025, with what should be the last album of his career, he is already back. On his social networks, he announced the release of I liedon next album, scheduled for November 15 and revealed the first extract Chrome – available on all music streaming platforms since Friday 1is november. The one we nickname “Dems” launches the start of a crazy period, to the delight of his many fans.
Starting with private listening sessions, organized in Brussels (November 6), Montreal, Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Not to listen to the new single, but the entire album, the title of which is rather well thought out. “ I'm taking a break, I'm buying a campervan, you won't hear from me again until May 30, 2025, when I will release “BEYAH”, which will be my very last album », he said after performing at the V & B festival in Château-Gontier (Mayenne) in August 2023. “ The end of an era » announced seems to have been a decoy, because Damso was already preparing his premature return. It's hard to hang up your gloves when you've been on stage since 2015 and have accumulated 14.3 million streams in 24 hours with the release of your latest opus – FLESH (2020).
ChromeDamso's release
I liedthis is the kind of project in which “Dems” lets off steam. And suffice to say that, as usual, he pulls no punches. In Chromeprobably the track that will open the album, we quickly understand the Belgian rapper's intentions. “ F*ck you “, we hear after a few seconds on a captivating rhythm, full of sub-bass and oppressive sounds, before the words ” Black chrome » – to evoke a firearm – ” shoot in the skin » and references to Martin Luther King and Malcolm.
« You haven't even realized that people already say that you rapped better before »
Damso in its Chrome title
The minute that has passed – over the 2”50' of music – we observe a change in tempo, with Damso rapping in a completely different register, in a much more dynamic, violent, rapid way, pronouncing words each more brutal than the other. the others: “ Cannon trace in retinal examination », « the fight », « headbutt to the jaw », « I like it when the blood spreads “… Before concluding: ” You haven't even realized that people already say that you rapped better before “. Good atmosphere.
Booba pelts Damso with criticism
With such a return, Damso aroused numerous reactions, including negative criticism, notably that of Booba, his former mentor. “ The song is a disaster, the French rapper from 92 was quick to react. Holy Dems ! Not only does it stink like shit, but it’s also copy-pasted. » A copy and paste, according to him, of the title Press by American artist Cardi B (2019), with whom he sees a striking similarity. Booba also described his former protégé as “ fou » and “ imbalance “, claiming that Damso was ” doomed to failure ».
Beautiful words that Damso will find useful or not to listen to. Because for the moment, his album promises to be one of the events of the year in the world of urban music. Just minutes after pre-orders launched for I lied and listening sessions, the site already displayed “ Out of stock “. The 32-year-old rapper also announced that Angèle – with whom he had collaborated on the title Demons in 2021 – Kalash Criminel, Michkavie and Kalash will be the “featurings” of his next album, supposed to be the penultimate of his career, before BEYAH a May 2025.
