In August 2018, following the release of Carti's debut studio album, Die Lit, a video surfaced of him discussing his next album and calling it Whole Lotta Red. In November, he performed unreleased songs at a concert … See more

Whole Lotta Red sees Playboi Carti showcase "a unique depth that has developed since the release of Die Lit", with him minimizing … See more

On April 16, 2020, the album's expected lead single, "@ Meh", was released. The song peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100, … See more

Whole Lotta Red debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 100,000 album-equivalent units (including 10,000 pure album sales) in its first week. This became Carti's first … See more

On December 22, 2020, Carti announced the cover art for Whole Lotta Red via social media. It was designed by Jung "Art Dealer" Chung. The … See more

Whole Lotta Red 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 See more

Sample credits
• "Go2DaMoon" contains an uncredited sample from "Soul of Bobby Theme, Pt. 2", written by See more