ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE

## ***ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE*** by BROCKHAMPTON

* Standard
* Tracklist
* Plus Pack

### Producer(s)

Kevin Abstract, Romil Hemnani, Johan Lenox, Jabari Manwa, Queen Sixties, Baird, Goldwash, Chuks Chiejine, Federico Vindver, Russell "Joba" Boring, WilliamVanZandt, Christian Alexander, Chad Hugo, Dom McLennon bearface, Nick Velez, Boylife

## Singles

1. "BUZZCUT"
Released: March 24, 2021
2. "COUNT ON ME"
Released: April 2, 2021

"***ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE***" is the sixth studio album by American alternative boyband BROCKHAMPTON. It was released on April 9th, 2021 through RCA and Question Everything and received generally positive reviews from critics. The album was said to be followed by their last album sometimes in 2022.

## Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brockhampton released songs on their YouTube channel every weekend, and would sometimes livestream on Twitch and Instagram. During these streams, Brockhampton would play unreleased music, with some songs releasing shortly after the end of some streams. The *Technical Difficulties* series was abruptly cancelled, and in September 2020, Brockhampton producer Romil Hemnani revealed in an interview that the album's initials were *RR*, leaving fans to believe that the album was titled *Roadrunner.* The title was later confirmed, and the album's full title, *Roadrunner, New Light: New Machine*, was announced shortly after the release of the lead single "Buzzcut". Brockhampton recorded three different versions of *Roadrunner* and chose one for the final cut of the album. Kevin Abstract revealed on Twitter that *Roadrunner* was the first of "[two] Brockhampton albums [to be released] in 2021", later clarifying that the upcoming albums will be Brockhampton's final releases. The second album was later delayed to 2022, though on January 14, 2022, Brockhampton announced an indefinite hiatus following their Coachella performance in April 2022.

After the album was released, Abstract announced via TikTok that a deluxe edition of the album was to be released soon. The *Plus Pack* edition of the album was released on June 4, 2021, including four new songs.

## Critical reception

The album was met with generally favorable reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 79, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Amongst the positive reviews from critics, AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung said that the album served as a "masterful group therapy session, picking up the broken pieces of life and uplifting with cautious optimism."

## Lyrics

Prior to the album's release, one member of Brockhampton, Joba, commented that the lyrics of *Roadrunner* contains themes that are very personal to the members, including the suicide of Joba's father. Kevin Abstract noted that there would be lyrics about his sexuality on the record.

## Tracklist

 **17.** | PRESSURE / BOW WOW (Feat. SSGKobe)

 **15.** | SEX
 **16.** | JEREMIAH (REMIX)
 **17.** | JEREMIAH (ORIGINAL) | 3:03

**Note: Jeremiah (Remix) from the Digital Plus Pack and Jeremiah from the Physical Edition is the same song.**