Iridescence

***iridescence*** (stylized in all lower-caps) is the fourth studio album by the American boy band BROCKHAMPTON. The album was released on September 21, 2018, through the band's label Question Everything and RCA.

The album features Jaden Smith, as well as samples of Beyonce and "BUMP" (from *SATURATION*.)

## Background

BROCKHAMPTON initially said that *SATURATION III* would be their last album as a group, but the day before the album's release they announced their fourth studio album would be titled *TEAM EFFORT* and would be released in 2018.

On March 20, 2018, the group announced that they postponed the album's release indefinitely. The group then announced that another album, titled *PUPPY*, would be released in the same summer.

On March 30, the group signed to RCA. The deal was that the group would release six albums across six years. The day after, the group posted a video starring Jaden Smith making the announcement. At the end of the video was an album snippet titled "LET'S GET MARRIED."

On May 12, a series of sexual misconduct allegations came out against Ameer Vann. Eleven days later, Kevin went on Instagram live, to address the Ameer allegations and announce that *PUPPY* would be pushed back.

On May 27, the band officially announced that Ameer Vann was no longer in the group. The group also apologized and cancelled the remaining dates of their US tour to regroup. Both *TEAM EFFORT* and *PUPPY* effectively became scrapped.

The group later appeared on *The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon* on June 20, 2018, premiering their new song "Tonya", said to be part of the album *The Best Years of Our Lives*.

The group unexpectedly announced their new album on Twitter on August 26, 2018. Four days later, the group said that they would record the album entirely from scratch in only ten days at the Abbey Road recording studio in London.

The group announced that the album would be released on September 21.

## Track listing

### **Music videos**

* Director of Photography are Adrian Nieto and Ashlan Grey
* Editing by Spencer Ford
 SAN MARCOS | 5:09
* Director of Photography is Ashlan Grey
* Editing and coloring by Henock Sileshi
 NEW ORLEANS | 4:11
* Director of Photography is Ashlan Grey
* Editing and coloring by Henock Sileshi
 THUG LIFE | 2:14

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/941384491423039488
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/976022509987381248
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/976177818991132672
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/979795466484203522
5. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8280751/brockhampton-rca-record-deal-worth-15-million
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/cC\_RDaqFgKU
7. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/brockhampton/comments/8iu7do/ameer\_drama\_megathread/
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://genius.com/albums/Brockhampton/Iridescence
9. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/1000705013747015680
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_y0s10oRyHI
11. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8462063/tonight-show-brockhampton-perform-tonya
12. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/1033831080065818624
13. ↑ https://youtu.be/Kl4Z2nDNOaU
14. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/1040441554966441984
15. ↑ https://twitter.com/brckhmptn/status/1045489411033456640