Before I Forget (The Kid Laroi album)

Before I Forget
Studio album by the Kid Laroi
Released	9 January 2026 (2026-01-09)
Genre	R&B [1]
Length	44:35
Label	Columbia
The Kid Laroi chronology
The First Time (2023) Before I Forget (2026)
Singles from Before I Forget
"A Cold Play" Released: 5 September 2025 "A Perfect World" Released: 20 November 2025 "Back When You Were Mine" Released: 2 January 2026

Before I Forget is the second studio album by Australian singer and rapper the Kid Laroi. The album follows his 2023 release The First Time . It was released on 9 January 2026 through Columbia Records. ^[2] The album contains guest appearances from Andrew Aged, Clara La San, and Lithe. The album's production was handled by Dopamine, Andrew Aged, Vegyn, Jack Karaszewski, FnZ, Auz, Khaled Rohaim, Daniel Aged, Omer Fedi, KBeazy, Nick Weiss, Devin Workman, Zack Sekoff, Eddie Benjamin, and Matt Cenere.

Background and release

In October 2024, the Kid Laroi performed at the NRL Grand Final where he wore a jacket which read "Watch This!" ^[3] with fans attributing it the name of a release and the launch of a website, thewholeworldswatching.life. ^[4] To accompany the website and build further hype, the single "Aperol Spritz" was released on 11 October 2024. ^{[5] [6]}

In 2025, Laroi released "All I Want Is You", "How Does It Feel?", "Hot Girl Problems" and "She Don't Need to Know" before saying the Watch This! album had been scrapped, saying "I didn't feel comfortable releasing it." To replace it, Laroi recorded Before I Forget, an album largely driven by his July 2025 breakup with girlfriend Tate McRae. ^[7] The official lead single "A Cold Play" was released on 5 September 2025. ^[8] The album was officially announced on 20 November 2025, along with the release of "A Perfect World". ^[9]

Physical copies of the album list "The Moment" as the intro to the project, swapping places with "Me + You". ^[10]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10 [1]
Rolling Stone	[11]

Robin Murray from Clash said "The record as a whole deals with something darker, deeper – self-doubt, loss, and relationship issues" adding "Before I Forget is a record where he tries, and succeeds, to figure things out." ^[1]

Larisha Paul from Rolling Stone said "It's a melancholic record that succinctly captures his emotional turmoil in the present moment, but reveals little about what comes after his tears have dried — not just in love, but in his career. " ^[11]

Commercial performance

In Australia, Before I Forget became Laroi's third top-three entry on the ARIA Albums Chart, debuting at number two while concurrently topping the Australian Artist Albums Chart. ^[12] The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 22 as Laroi's third top-40 release. ^[13] In the United States, Before I Forget debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, earning 41,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and becoming Laroi's second top-10 album on the chart, following F*ck Love . ^[14]

Track listing

Before I Forget track listing ^[15]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Me + You"	Charlton Howard Antonio Zito	Dopamine	2:55
2.	"July"	C. Howard Andrew Aged Vegyn	A. Aged Vegyn	2:40
3.	"Private"	C. Howard Zack Sekoff A. Aged Jack Karaszewski	A. Aged Karaszewski	2:45
4.	"Come Down"	C. Howard Sekoff Michael Mulé Isaac De Boni A. Aged Zito	FnZ A. Aged Dopamine	2:23
5.	"Rather Be" (featuring Lithe)	C. Howard Mulé De Boni Khaled Rohaim Zito Austin Howard	FnZ Rohaim Dopamine Auz	4:24
6.	"A Perfect World"	Howard Sekoff A. Aged Omer Fedi Daniel Aged Karaszewski	A. Aged Fedi D. Aged Karaszewski	3:09
7.	"5:21AM" (with Andrew Aged)	C. Howard A. Aged	A. Aged	1:40
8.	"A Cold Play"	C. Howard KBeazy	KBeazy	2:59
9.	"The Moment" (with Clara La San)	C. Howard Clara La San A. Aged Nick Weiss	A. Aged Weiss	2:57
10.	"Never Came Back"	C. Howard Billy Walsh A. Aged D. Aged Sekoff Zito Devin Workman	A. Aged D. Aged Sekoff Dopamine Workman Karaszewski [a]	2:58
11.	"Thank God"	C. Howard Walsh Sekoff Eddie Benjamin Workman	Sekoff Benjamin Workman Karaszewski [a]	3:38
12.	"I'm So in Love with You"	C. Howard Walsh D. Aged Zito Workman	Walsh D. Aged Dopamine Workman	3:42
13.	"Maybe I'm Wrong"	C. Howard Walsh Fedi	Fedi	3:22
14.	"Her Interlude"	C. Howard Rohaim Matt Cenere	Rohaim Cenere	2:22
15.	"Back When You Were Mine"	C. Howard D. Aged Sekoff	D. Aged Sekoff	2:41
Total length:				44:35

Note

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
• Spotify lists the album as 44:35 ^[16]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[15]

• The Kid Laroi – lead vocals
• Sean Phelan – engineering (all tracks), mixing (tracks 1–4, 7, 9–11, 15)
• Antonio Zito – engineering (4), mixing (5)
• Dopamine – engineering (12), mixing (12, 14)
• Ryan Oswald – engineering assistance (1, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15)
• Ciaran De Chaud – engineering assistance (2, 3, 6, 7, 9–11, 13)
• Mate Gere – engineering assistance (5, 12, 13)
• Jack Mello – engineering assistance (6, 13)
• Alex Kaltzeiotis – engineering assistance (11)
• John Armstrong – engineering assistance (15)
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (6, 8)
• Bryce Bordone – mixing (8), mixing assistance (6)
• John Castelli – mixing (13)
• Dale Becker – mastering (except 8)
• Chris Gehringer – mastering (8)
• Adam Burt, Katie Harvey, Kegn Venegas, Noah McCorkle – mastering assistance (except 8)
• Matt Cenere – vocals (1)
• Jack Karaszewski – arrangement (10)

Charts

Chart performance for Before I Forget

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17]	1
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [18]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19]	38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20]	20
Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [21]	11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [22]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [23]	23
French Albums (SNEP) [24]	196
Irish Albums (OCC) [25]	34
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [26]	9
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) [27]	19
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [28]	15
Scottish Albums (OCC) [29]	33
Swedish Hip-Hop Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [30]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31]	35
UK Albums (OCC) [32]	22
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [33]	1
US Billboard 200 [34]	6

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