Fighting Demons

Studio Album by Juice WRLD

### Producer

Audio Jacc, Charlie Handsome, Danny Wolf, Dr. Luke, Gežin, Harv, Jaegen, Jay Craig, Josh J, KBeaZy, Kookoo, Louis Bell, Max Lord, Metro Boomin, Nick Mira, Nils, No Love for the Middle Child, PD, Rex Kudo, Sidepce, T-Minus & Take A Daytrip

"***Fighting Demons***" is the fourth studio album by American rapper Juice WRLD, it was release posthumously on December 10, 2021 through Grade A Productions and Interscope Records. It serves as a tie-in for the HBO-produced documentary "*Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss*", which released on December 16. The album features Justin Bieber, Polo G, Trippie Redd and Suga from BTS. The album also serves as a follow-up to "*Legends Never Die*".

## Release and promotion

On November 11, 2021, Grade A Productions, in conjunction with Juice Wrld's mother, Carmela Wallace, announced the album with the release date of December 10, 2021. The album's lead single, "Already Dead", was released the following day, November 12, 2021, the song peaked at number 20 on the US *Billboard* Hot 100.

The second single, "Wandered to LA", a collaboration with Canadian singer Justin Bieber, was released on December 3, 2021, the song peaked at number 49 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

On December 9, 2021, a tribute event titled Juice Wrld Day was held at Chicago's United Center. At the event, the album was played prior to its release as a listening party. A few special guests appeared to perform and pay respect to Juice, including Ski Mask the Slump God, Trippie Redd, 24kGoldn, and Lucki. Juice's former DJ Mike P hosted the event.

"Cigarettes" was released for digital download on February 2, 2022, as the album's third single. The song peaked at number 43 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

The previously released singles from the two-track EP *Too Soon..*, "Rich and Blind" and "Legends", were later added to the album on March 18, 2022, alongside the newly released song "Sometimes".

## Reception

*Fighting Demons* was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on seven reviews.

A. D. Amorosi of *Variety* praised many of the guest artists on *Fighting Demons*, with Justin Bieber's verse on single "Wandered to LA" and Suga's verse on promotional single "Girl of My Dreams" being his two favourites. He mentioned that the album stands out over other post-mortem projects because, in comparison, there are "surprisingly (and happily) few features". Writing for *NME*, Kyann-Sian Williams gave the project a rating of 4/5 stars citing that *Fighting Demons* "shows the other side of Juice Wrld, which was never explored enough while he was alive" and that the project manages to deepen his narrative with a level of care rarely seen on posthumous releases. Reviewing the album for *HipHopDX*, Mackenzie Cummings-Grady stated, "*Fighting Demons* embodies Juice Wrld in that way: a flawed project with moments of brilliance that feels uncomfortable to listen to but isn't ashamed of its naked humanity. And in that aspect, it becomes a balancing act of the man and the artist, melding the two to create a project that's earnest and authentic – just like Juice WRLD".

Fred Thomas of AllMusic said, "Themes of struggling to overcome depression and drug dependency surface often on *Fighting Demons*, making it a heavier collection than the sometimes celebratory memoriam of *Legends Never Die*. It's not an essential piece of the Juice Wrld story, but it's also not without some solid reminders of his greatness". *Rolling Stone* critic Will Dukes said, "*Fighting Demons*, his second posthumous album is a tortured but overall grateful memento mori from a talented artist who left us all too soon". In a lukewarm review, *Clash*'s Robin Murray wrote, "Ultimately *Fighting Demons* works almost as a tribute record, gathering fragments of his undoubted genius. Whether it's a true Juice Wrld album, though, is another matter".

## Commercial performance

*Fighting Demons* debuted at number two on the US *Billboard* 200 with 119,000 album-equivalent units (including 4,000 pure album sales) in its first week. The album also accumulated a total of 155.49 million on-demand streams of the set's tracks in the week ending December 25.

## Artwork

Main coverTracklistAlready DeadWandered to LA
## Tracklist

Houston
 **22.** | "Rich and Blind"
 **23.** | "Legends"

## Personnel

* Juice WRLD - vocals
* Michelle Mancini – mastering (1, 4–9, 11–18)
* Colin Leonard – mastering (2, 3)
* Dale Becker – mastering (10)
* Ethan Stevens – mixing (1)
* Manny Marroquin – mixing (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11–13, 15–18)
* Max Lord – mixing (3, 6, 8, 14), recording (1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14–18)
* Serban – mixing (10)
* Joey Galvan – recording (2)
* Louis Bell – recording (4), vocal editing (4), vocal production (4)
* Austin Patton – recording (5, 9)
* Patrick Ehrenblad-Plummer – recording (6)
* Fili Filizzola – recording (10)
* Logan Haynes – recording (13)
* Viko Marley – recording arrangement (11)
* Chris Galland – mastering assistance (1), mixing assistance (2)
* Robin Florent – mastering assistance (1), mixing assistance (2)
* Zach Pereyra – mastering assistance (1), mixing assistance (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11–13, 15–18)
* Anthony Vilchis – mixing assistance (4, 5, 7, 9, 11–13, 15–18)
* Evan Jordan – recording assistance (16)
* James Kang – recording assistance (16)
* Camella Wallace – additional vocals (12)

## Release history

**Release dates and formats for *Fighting Demons***
 March 18, 2022

## Notes

* Both "Rich and Blind" and "Legends" were originally released as singles on the two-song EP *Too Soon...* on June 19, 2018, but were added to *Fighting Demons* on March 18, 2022.