Erys

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Erys
Jaden Smith - ERYS.png
Standard edition cover; deluxe edition features Smith sitting up on the couch
Studio album by
Jaden
ReleasedJuly 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)
Recorded2017–2019
Genre
Length78:02
Label
Producer
Jaden chronology
Erys Is Coming
(2019)		Erys
(2019)		 CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3
(2020)
Singles from Erys
  1. "Again"
    Released: July 2, 2019

Erys (stylized in all caps and pronounced "Iris") is the second studio album by American rapper Jaden, released on July 5, 2019, through MSFTSMusic and Roc Nation. It is the follow-up to 2017's Syre , [2] and features collaborations with Tyler, the Creator, Trinidad James, ASAP Rocky, Kid Cudi, Lido, and Willow. [3] The lead single "Again" was released on July 2. [4]

Contents

Background

Following the release of his debut studio album Syre in 2017, Jaden announced the follow-up Erys in December of the same year. [5] In September 2018, Smith told Zane Lowe that while he likes "to do it all" and "experiment", "the people have spoken on what they like from me so I try to come really, really hard", describing Erys as a "strict, hard rap album". He went on to say that "every song, back to back, [will be] high tempo, [and have] a lot of bass like just crazy". [4]

Composition

Erys picks up where Jaden Smith left off with the conclusion of Syre the story of a boy who is obsessed with chasing the sunset and until one day it chased him, and it ends up killing him. Erys is a now resurrected part of Syre. The album revolves around Erys and portrays him as a boy whose ego has gotten the best of him. During the album he's portrayed as an ill-mannered person who some might say is the exact opposite of Syre.

Promotion

In April 2019, Smith released the three-track EP Erys Is Coming, and in June, debuted the song "Summertime in Paris" with sister Willow on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . [6]

The song "On My Own" was featured in the PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5 video game Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Exclaim! 6/10 [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Highsnobiety Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
HipHopDX 2.9/5 [12]
Pitchfork 4.7/10 [13]

Upon its release, Erys received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. [14]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Erys debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 23,932 album-equivalent units, with 4,036 coming from pure album sales in its first week. [15]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Apple Music's metadata. [16]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."P"
  • Lido
  • Heavy Mellow
  • Yuki
2:48
2."I"
  • Lido
  • Harris
2:10
3."N"
  • J. Smith
  • Losnegård
  • Tyler Cole
  • Mateo Arias
Lido3:51
4."K" (with Lido)
  • J. Smith
  • Losnegård
  • Harrison Rhodes
  • Zach Tabori
Lido4:40
5."Noize" (featuring Tyler, the Creator)
4:07
6."i-drip-or-is"
  • J. Smith
  • Rambert
  • Chan
  • Owens
  • Torres
  • Foye III
  • Ayo
  • Keyz
  • Keanu Beats
  • Yuki
  • Fabio Aguilar
3:57
7."Again" (featuring SYRE)
  • J. Smith
  • Chan
Yuki4:29
8."Got It"
1:16
9."Fire Dept"
  • J. Smith
  • Mike Musselman
  • Tabori
  • Chan
 Jaden 1:42
10."Mission" (with Trinidad James)
4:11
11."Summertime in Paris" (featuring Willow)
  • J. Smith
  • Josiah Bell
  • Cole
  • Rambert
  • W. Smith
  • Arias
  • Wu Yi Fan
  • Josiah Bell
  • OmArr
4:30
12."Blackout"
  • J. Smith
  • Chan
Yuki6:40
13."Pain"
  • Yuki
  • Jaden
6:15
14."Chateau" (featuring ASAP Rocky)
  • Young Fyre
  • OmArr
2:15
15."On My Own" (featuring Kid Cudi)
  • LASTNGHT
  • Dinuzzo
  • OmArr
4:04
16."Riot"
  • J. Smith
  • Chan
Yuki4:34
17."Erys"
  • J. Smith
  • Gabe Basso
  • Nick Stoubis
  • Cole
  • Arias
  • Samuel Ray
  • Jaden
  • Nick Stoubis
  • Gabe Basso
  • Samuel Ray
7:51
Total length:69:20
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Beautiful Disruption"
2:18
2."Somebody Else"
  • J. Smith
  • Basso
  • Stoubis
  • Cole
  • Arias
  • Ray
Jaden3:42
3."Ghost" (remix, featuring ASAP Rocky)
2:42
Total length:78:02

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 34
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 129
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 196
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [20] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 38
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 134
Irish Albums (IRMA) [23] 97
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [24] 65
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [25] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 62
UK Albums (OCC) [27] 62
US Billboard 200 [28] 12
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [29] 8

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