1st studio album

## From *JL1*

1. "VENENO"
Exclusively released: March 17th, 2023

This page holds all information about the upcoming debut studio album by James Lares. Lares nicknames it as "*JL1*" which means "*James Lares 1*" referring to his first album. The official title is currently unknown, and not much is known about this album.

## Background

Lares has been hinting at the release of an album for an extended period, starting in 2022, around when he was working on "BURN." Before that, he had initially planned a debut album called *Sick Child* but he abandoned the project during the "BURN" production phase, opting to shift his musical style.

During the launch of the 4-track extended play titled *INSIDE MY HOUSE* on July 15th, 2023, as part of an album promotion, the EP includes previews of previously discarded songs intended for the album. These songs include "THUNDER", "IN THE NUDE", "KEEP YOU CLOSE", and "BURN". In an Instagram caption announcing the EP's release, Lares provided commentary on the songs, highlighting:

On September 24th, 2023, Lares uploaded a video on his Instagram story, sharing a 33-second snippet in which he partially sang along with a song, "Fucked Again". In the caption above, he stated, "*nahh bro its been so long, it's time to finish the album*", confirming that he has been working for his debut studio album. Shortly after, he posted another Instagram story with a 21-second snippet of the same song, continuing the teaser. Minutes later, he offered a sneak peek of "Extra Blue", which is also a song from the album.

On September 30th, 2023, Lares took to Twitter, revealing that he has been producing some of his most exceptional music since the production of *INSIDE MY HOUSE*. A day after then, on October 1st, 2023, he made an announcement, stating his intention to release music within the year (2023), which could include singles leading up to the album or potentially the album itself. As the aftermath, Lares ended up releasing "The River", and "VENENO" after the day of announcement; these tracks somehow don't have much relation to this album, but teasing the album.

On October 26th, 2023, Lares posted multiple snippets of the three songs for the supposed upcoming EP via Instagram. These include another snippet of "Fucked Again", new introduced songs: "Before" and "Dry from the Water". The upcoming discography was later replaced with this album, and these tracks will still most likely make it to the album as Lares clarified on an Instagram Q&A on December 23rd, 2023.

On November 12th, 2023, Lares exclusively released "The River" on YouTube and SoundCloud. In each description, he emphasized the word "vision"; teasing the upcoming song "VISION" from this album.

On November 17th, 2023, Lares shared on Twitter that a stranger unintentionally saw his handwritten lyrics from this album on a paper, and Lares even described the lyrics as depressing and worried that a counselor might confront him for it.

Without any prior promotion, "VENENO" was exclusively released on SoundCloud and YouTube on December 20th, 2023. Lares didn't announce that this song would be included on the album until two tracks on the playlist labeled "JL1"—"James Lares 1"—or referencing his debut album, were discovered on his second Spotify account. "VENENO" and "VISION" are the tracks; the initial cover art is also revealed.

Lares released "Darida" exclusively on SoundCloud and YouTube on December 29th, 2023, without any prior promotion as well. This song, according to Lares, was originally meant to be the album's opening track but was discarded because it was written in Spanish. Lares believes this will confuse most listeners, but he still thinks it could be modified and made into an English song.

On January 15th, 2024, Lares revealed on Twitter that JAMJAR has participated in the album, and has making the best music with him.

## Theme

As similar to the extended play, *INSIDE MY HOUSE,* tied with this album, each song will be most likely personal to Lares. The lyrics are described as depressing, according to Lares. It is also described as "more mature" and "refreshing" compared to the previous discographies.

## Tracklist

It is confirmed that the tracklist contains 13 tracks, but there is no official chronological track list yet, but here is the list of songs that were potentially intended for this album instead:

### Confirmed

* "Fucked Again"
* "VENENO"
* "VISION"

### Unconfirmed

* "Before"
* "Dry from the Water"
* "Cast the first Stone" (Unconfirmed)
* "Extra Blue"
* "How bad it makes me Feel" (Unconfirmed)
* "Kill for You" (Unconfirmed)
* "Lyrics on a Paper"
* "Miss Me" (Unconfirmed)
* "MONSTER (English version)"
* "MONSTER (Spanish version)"
* "Petrified Affection"
* "Roots" (Unconfirmed)
* "Soooooooooo High" (Unconfirmed)
* "Stay by my Side" (Unconfirmed)
* "The End" (Unconfirmed)
* "Thread" (Unconfirmed)
* "Unimportant"

### Outtakes

* "BURN"
* "Darida"
* "GO BACK"
* "INSIDE MY HOUSE"
* "KEEP YOU CLOSE"
* "THUNDER"

## Q&A

On December 23rd to 24th, 2023, Lares did a Q&A regarding his music, focused about his next album on his Instagram story. Questions about the album and the answers can be found below.

## Trivia

* There will be featured artists in the album.
* Lares has been working on this album for 2 or more years.
* The speculated "The River - EP" has been replaced to be released by this album.
* There will be music videos for the album according to Lares.
* Lares plans to release a Spanish and English album in the future; this album being the English one and is more focused on.
* The album is not done yet.
* Kenny CR might participate in production for the album.

## References

1. ↑ https://james-lares.fandom.com/wiki/File:Ghost\_twt\_011524.jpg
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgs0xhMj7vP/?img\_index=4
10. ↑ #https://soundcloud.com/jameslaress/the-river
12. ↑ #https://soundcloud.com/jameslaress/darida