PURSUiT

Pursuit (stylized as PURSUiT or PURSUIT) is the 2nd album and solo project by Xavier Ellis. It was released at 7:40 AM on April Fools, 2022. PURSUiT is believed to be the follow-up album to Xavi's 1st album, "TRIViAL". 
== Background ==
The day prior to PURSUiT's release, Xavier posted cryptic tweets on his Twitter account, which confused some fans and didn't surprise others. He posted a purse and suit emoji in one tweet, and in the other, he quote retweeted a picture of Jeff Hardy, with the caption "hey jeff ;) ;)". On Xavier's instagram, he posted a picture of fellow SALVATiON members playing Trivial Pursuit and another picture of Jeff Hardy. 
== Promotion and release ==
=== Cover ===
The cover depicts Xavi in black and white, behind a white background, with his face and body dripping in black ooze, similar to the cover of TRIViAL. Xavi appears to be physically frustrated when taking a look into his body language.
=== Album Release ===
Xavi released "PURSUiT" at midnight on April Fools Day, 2022. A few hours after the album's release, Xavi got on multiple social platforms to confirm that the album was not a joke.
=== Marketing ===
Xavi went on The Tonight Show Starting Jimmy Fallon to perform "oh no." with Jeff Hardy and "unreality" on April Fools Day, 2022. On the same day, he released the music video for "oh no."
== Critical reception ==
Many critics and fans enjoyed PURSUiT, some even found the album better than TRIViAL. Pitchfork, however, was the only critic website that unfortunately did not enjoy it.
* Metacritic: 95/100
* AnyDecentMusic?: 9.9/10
* AllMusic: 4.5 stars
* The Daily Telegraph: 5 stars
* Entertainment Weekly/EW: A
* The Guardian: 4 stars
* The Independent: 5 stars
* The Line of Best Fit: 9/10
* NME: 5 stars
* Pitchfork: 3.5 stars
* Rolling Stone: 4.5 stars
* The Times: 5 stars
== Commercial performance ==
So far, PURSUiT has sold over 39,500 physical and digital copies combined. “oh no.”, “unreality”, and “before it falls apart” are currently the top tracks from the album. the music video for “oh no.” has over 27 million views
== Track list ==
In no particular order.
# i need air
# forever stuck (on you) (ft. Ollie West)
# promise me (ft. Damien Copeland)
# heavier
# into the fire
# straight 2 hell
# before it falls apart
# blue (ft. kian spencer and FREYA)
# unreality
# oh no. (ft. Jeff Hardy
== Trivia ==
* Four songs on the track list are collaborations.
* Half of the album’s song were supposed to be on TRIViAL, but were cut.
* “PURSUiT” was supposed to come out 4 months later, but Xavi wrapped up recording and production earlier than expected. “You guys were supposed to get this album like in August, but I’m way too fast.”
* It is rumored that Xavi may still be feuding with Machine Gun Kelly.