Loading... (part 2) (album)

Loading... (part 2) (stylised as "loading... (part 2)") is Jason Davis Williams's eleventh studio album. It released on August 20, 2021, through MMA Records.
==Background==
On February 21, 2021, Jason announced that he has began writing for his 11th studio album, which will picked off where loading... has left off.
On February 26, 2021, it was announced that he has began recording for his 11th studio album. Jason also said that he is over the EDM phase and will continue the trap-pop, R&B with influences of dance-pop music.
On March 8, 2021, Jason released a 12 seconds snippet of the intro.
On March 30, 2021, Jason released a 45 seconds snippet of manifest. Jason also announced a “big” news is coming on the next day (March 31). 
On March 31, 2021, Jason launched a 30 day countdown for first single, “dance again” to be released on Friday April 30.
On April 30, 2021, Jason released “dance again” along with a snippet of “gratitude”
On May 23, 2021, Jason launched a 26 day countdown for the promotional single, “horizon” to be released on Friday June 18.
On June 18, 2021, Jason launched a 28 day countdown for the second single, “#TGL (good vibes)” to be released on Friday June 16.
On June 21, 2021, Jason revealed a 15-second snippet of the upcoming second single and also announced that the pre-order of the album will be released same day as the second single.
On June 29, 2021, Jason announced in an interview that the album would be released in the Summer of 2021 and he announced 3 more new tracks, which are, “good things are coming”, “got my own” and “fear (interlude)” 
On July 16, 2021, Jason released the second single along with the pre-order and release date of the album. The release date for the album is set for August 20, 2021.
On July 19, 2021, Jason used the Loading… Instagram account and began slowly revealing the album track list.
On August 30, 2021, Jason announced a remix #TGL (good vibes) featuring 2 unknown guests. It was announced the 2 guests are Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat and that the remix will be released on September 3, 2021. 
On September 3, 2021, the remix was released.
===Cover Art===
On July 16, 2021, Jason unveiled the album artwork. It's a yellow screen with a pink flower and blue butterfly in the middle with the album's name and his name.
==Deluxe Edition==
On September 24, 2021, Jason announced a Deluxe Edition of loading… (part 2), featuring four new tracks and the remix of "TGL (good vibes)" featuring Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat. The deluxe was released on Friday October 15, 2021.
==Critical reception==
The album received universal acclaim from music critics. LoveTheMusic editor Stephanie Vixen made an early review of the album. She noted the difference between loading... (part 2) with Jason's previous album loading... saying that "this time Jason is swaggering with the confidence that comes with unquestioned stardom." She added that "the album feels slighter than loading..." Vixen gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. Benny Howard, writing on behalf of Music Magazine, gave the album 3.7 out of 5 stars and stated that loading... (part 2) is "easily Jason’s most sonically consistent effort to date, even if that means some of the album’s sleek R&B tracks tend to blur together."
==Commercial performance==
The album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 370,000 album-equivalent units being Jason's fifth number-one album in the United States. It broke the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album. All fifteen songs from the album appeared simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending September 26, 2021, and eight of the tracks appeared in the top 50 of the chart. With this, Jason broke the record for the most simultaneous top 50 songs by a male artist. Five of the tracks also appeared in the top 20 of the chart, making Jason the first solo pop male artist to have five songs debuted inside the top 20.
After the release of loading... (part 2), it reached the top on US iTunes in just 7 minutes, becoming the second fastest album in history to hit #1 on US iTunes.
The album topped the charts in various countries, and broke many streaming records upon release, including the records for the largest weekly streams for a pop album and a male album in the United States.
==Trivia==
*The song, “dance again” was originally intended for “loading...”. However, it was scrapped from the tracklist and transferred onto this album instead.
*This album will be carrying on the trap elements infused with R&B from the previous album (loading...) with added other genres as well
*The album is Jason's first album not to feature any collaborations.
*The first song written and recorded for the album was "dance again".
*The last song recorded for the album was "dear jason... i love you/the end (outro)".
*Jason said this album will be completely different to the other albums he has done before and that this album will be an “evolution” to his previous albums. 
*Jason also said that this album is definitely his #1 album so far. He also added that he found his sound (trap, R&B) and will continue and developing with this sound in regards with the future releases.
*Jason's top three songs from the album are; got my own, best wishes, good things are coming including manifest.
**Jason added #TGL (good vibes) to his “top three”
*The longest song is "starless", at 4 minutes and 01 seconds, while the shortest song is "fear (interlude)" at 1 minutes and 13 seconds.
*This is Jason's second album to have a deluxe edition not release at the same time as the standard edition.
==Singles==
*The first single, “dance again”, was released on April 30, 2021
*The second single, “#TGL (good vibes)”, released on July 16, 2021.
*The third single, “got my own”, released on September 10, 2021.
===Promotional singles===
*The first promotional single, “horizon”, released on June 18, 2021.
*The second promotional single, “manifest”, released on August 20, 2021, same day as the album release.
*The third promotional single, “pins and needles”, released on October 15, 2021.
==Track listening==