Dangerous Summer (EP)

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Dangerous Summer
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EP by
ReleasedAugust 1, 2025
Length33:47
Label
Producer
  • Aaron Shadrow
  • Ambezza
  • Bnyx
  • Dolphin Talk
  • Dwavyb
  • Elkan
  • Empathy
  • Fendii
  • Jahaan Sweet
  • Jasper Harris
  • Juice Cuice
  • Lucid
  • Maru
  • Orin
  • Sapjer
  • Synthetic
  • WhereTfIsRay
  • Yeat
Yeat chronology
Lyfestyle
(2024)
Dangerous Summer
(2025)
A Dangerous Lyfe
(2025)
Singles from Dangerous Summer
  1. "I'm Yeat"
    Released: July 18, 2025

Dangerous Summer (stylized in all caps) is the seventh extended play by American rapper Yeat, released on August 1, 2025, through Lyfestyle Corporation, Field Trip Recordings, and Capitol Records. It contains guest appearances from NGeeYL, SahBabii, Don Toliver, and FKA Twigs. Production was handled by a variety of record producers, including Bnyx and Jahaan Sweet.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 7/10 [1]

Background, release and promotion

During the composition of his fifth studio album Lyfestyle (2024), Yeat would wake up at 7 in the morning recording tracks by his bedside, as confirmed by his manager Zack Bia. The cover art was shot by filmmaker Harmony Korine, [2] [3] [4] using live alligators. [5] Yeat announced the details for the release of the EP, [2] [6] [7] following his festival appearances with Drake and Don Toliver on Instagram. [8] It was preceded by single "I'm Yeat," [3] released on July 18, 2025, alongside its music video, with Bnyx credited as a featured artist, [9] and contains additional contributions from NGeeYL, FKA Twigs, Don Toliver, and SahBabii. [10] The CD was released through Complex Networks. [11]

Yeat released the surreal video for "Loose Leaf" on August 5, directed by EDGLRD and executive produced by Harmony Korine, featuring Yeat in a Florida motel surrounded by alligators. [12]

Track listing

Dangerous Summer track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Put It Ong"
  • Bnyx
  • Elkan
  • Sapjer
  • Lucid
2:37
2."Loco"
  • Smith
  • Levering
  • Javier Mercado
  • Juan Alvarado
  • Kuchmiy Alekseevich
  • Sapjer
  • Synthetic
  • Empathy
  • Maru
2:34
3."Loose Leaf"
  • Smith
  • Mercado
  • Joseph Fenderson
  • Raymond Reichenbach
  • Orin Friedman
  • Synthetic
  • Fendii
  • WhereTfIsRay
  • Orin
2:50
4."Oh I Did" (with NGeeYL)
  • Smith
  • Nigel Fullenwinder
  • Saint Fort
2:56
5."Come n Go"
  • Smith
  • Saint Fort
  • Levering
  • Bnyx
  • Sapjer
3:18
6."[ADL Is Coming]"
  • Smith
  • Saint Fort
  • Dunne
  • Bnyx
  • Lucid
2:40
7."I'm Yeat" (with Bnyx)
  • Smith
  • Saint Fort
  • Levering
  • Bnyx
  • Sapjer
2:48
8."M.F.U." (with SahBabii)
  • Yeat
  • Harris
  • Ambezza
  • Shadrow
2:43
9."2Tone" (with Don Toliver)
  • Yeat
  • Bnyx
  • Sweet
3:40
10."Fly Nite" (with FKA Twigs)
  • Elkan
  • Lucid
  • Dolphin Talk
  • Dwavyb
3:48
11."Growing Pains"
  • Smith
  • Saint Fort
  • Levering
  • JeLeus Cornileus
  • Yeat
  • Bnyx
  • Sapjer
  • Juice Cuice
3:53
Total length:33:47

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

  • Yeat – rap vocals, programming (4, 8, 9, 11)
  • Bnyx – programming (1, 4–7, 9, 11)
  • Elkan – programming (1, 10)
  • Lucid – programming (1, 6, 10)
  • Sapjer – programming (1, 2, 5, 11)
  • Empathy – programming (2)
  • Maru – programming (2)
  • Synthetic – programming (2, 3)
  • Fendii – programming (3)
  • Orin – programming (3)
  • WhereTfIsRay – programming (3)
  • NGeeYL – rap vocals (4)
  • Aaron Shadrow – programming (8)
  • Ambezza – programming (8)
  • Ambezza – programming (8)
  • Jasper Harris – programming (8)
  • SahBabii – rap vocals (8)
  • Don Toliver – rap vocals (9)
  • Jahaan Sweet – programming (9)
  • Dolphin Talk – programming (10)
  • Dwavyb – programming (10)
  • Juice Cuice – programming (11)

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Dangerous Summer
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 63
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [14] 11
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 81
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 156
Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [18] 65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 68
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [20] 29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) [21] 17
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [22] 17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [23] 27
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [24] 24
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [25] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 15
US Billboard 200 [27] 9
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [28] 4

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