ARIZONA BABY

***ARIZONA BABY*** (stylized in all-caps) is the third studio album by American rapper Kevin Abstract. The album was released cumulatively, with the eponymous first part (*ARIZONA Baby*) released on April 11, second part *Ghettobaby* on April 18, and the full album on April 25.

The album was produced by Jack Antonoff and BH member Romil Hemnani.

## Background

On GINGER Radio episode 2, Kevin Abstract stated that work on the album began on October 27, 2018.

Kevin posted the album's artwork on March 19, 2019. The first teaser for the album was later posted on March 26.

On April 3, a short video snippet featuring "Use Me" was posted on his Instagram account.

An alternate music video for Dominic Fike's hit track "3 Nights" was posted on the BROCKHAMPTON YouTube channel on April 4, directed by Kevin Abstract.

Three release dates were first announced on April 8. The second video teaser for the album featuring "Big Wheels" was posted on the same day. Also posted was a video titled "THE 1-9-9-9 IS COMING" which serves as an unofficial music video for the track.

Another short music video for "Georgia" was posted as "I Got Georgia On My Mind" on the BH YouTube channel on April 10.

Kevin also said on social media that he wanted to get Dominic Fike on the album, successfully doing so on "Peach."

It has been said that around the time Kevin was finishing *ARIZONA BABY*, he began working on *GINGER* (2019) with BROCKHAMPTON. Some tracks from *ARIZONA BABY* even ended up being in *GINGER* work. It was also said that "Use Me" was written for *GINGER*.

## Track listing

### **Part two (*Ghettobaby*)**

#### **Part three**

 9
 11

## Features

* Dominic Fike ("Peach")
* JOBA ("Peach")
* Bearface. ("Peach")

### **Musicians**

* Kevin Abstract – keyboards (1), programming (1)
* Jack Antonoff – keyboards (1–4), programming (1–4, 6), guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 10), drums (2–4, 6), percussion (2), bass (3), piano (6), organ (7), background vocals (10)
* Romil Hemnani – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6), programming (1, 2, 4, 6), guitar (1, 6), piano (6)
* Evan Smith – saxophone (1–3), flute (1)
* Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet (2)
* Ryan Beatty – vocals (5), background vocals (10)
* Austin Anderson – keyboards (5)
* Dominic Fike – vocals (8, 10), guitar (8)
* Russell "Joba" Boring – vocals (8), bass (8, 10)
* Bearface – vocals (8)

### **Engineers**

* Laura Sisk – recording (1–7, 9)
* Eli Walker – recording (1)
* Romil Hemnani – recording (5, 7–11)
* John Rooney – assistance (1–6)
* Tom Elmhirst – mixing (1–7, 9, 11)
	+ Brandon Boost – engineering (1–7, 9, 11)
* Jack Antonoff – mixing (8, 10)
* Vlado Meller – mastering

## Trivia

* After the release of the album, Kevin Abstract walked/jogged on a treadmill for ten hours in a video titled "#THE1999."

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/7VA9OYU0WyY?t=2260
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvNq3cugOfA/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvNq3cugOfA/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv0OTQOgib-/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMYcubNOrPs
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwAePVpAEFW/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
7. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwBHaI2AtSn/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGE43GXrDa0
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p46XLiCcqMs
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/7VA9OYU0WyY
11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona\_Baby#Personnel
12. ↑ https://listen.tidal.com/album/108129166
13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMypL1flJh8