Live Laugh Love (Earl Sweatshirt album)

Live Laugh Love
Studio album by Earl Sweatshirt
Released	August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	24:08
Label	Tan Cressida Warner
Producer	Black Noise Child Actor Earl Sweatshirt Navy Blue Theravada
Earl Sweatshirt chronology
Voir Dire (2023) Live Laugh Love (2025)

Live Laugh Love is the fifth studio album by the American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. With little prior announcement, it was released on August 22, 2025, through Tan Cressida Records and Warner Records. It follows his collaborative album with the Alchemist, Voir Dire (2023), and his fourth studio album Sick! (2022). ^[1] Production was primarily handled by Theravada, with additional contributions by Black Noise, Child Actor, Navy Blue, and Earl himself.

Release and promotion

I think it captured both parts of myself: being 16 and then also having a family. The 16-year-old that still is like, [grunts] "live, laugh, love — [expletive] dumbass!" Like, "live laugh, love, the world is [expletive]!" And then my life changing drastically. [...] If someone says "live, laugh, love" and you have kids, you’re like, "Exactly, brother."

Earl Sweatshirt,interview for The New York Times'Popcast, August 22, 2025 ^[2]

Live Laugh Love was announced at a listening party on August 15, 2025. ^{[3] [4]} The event, which Sweatshirt did not himself attend, included live performances from an Earl Sweatshirt imposter and a DJ set by Black Noise that included songs from the album. ^[5] The album released on all platforms one week later. ^{[6] [7]}

A music video for "Crisco" was released on August 28, 2025. ^[8] A music video for "Exhaust" was released on September 4, 2025. ^[9] A music video for "Well Done!" was released on September 18, 2025. ^[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10 [11]
Metacritic	84/100 [12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
Clash	8/10 [14]
Consequence	B [15]
Exclaim!	9/10 [16]
The Guardian	[17]
Paste	8.0/10 [18]
Pitchfork	8.5/10 [19]
Rolling Stone	[20]
Slant Magazine	[21]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ( ) [22]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Live Laugh Love received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from ten critic scores. ^[12] Clash called the album "impeccably detailed.. Live Laugh Live' is a rap Escher diagram, a Greek maze with MC as Minotaur; it extends Earl’s world, and invites you forward with every step". ^[14] The Guardian said "the disorientating shifts and non-sequiturs feel like observing a dream someone else is having". ^[17]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[23]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"GSW vs Sac"	Thebe Kgositsile Xenophon Yialias	Theravada	1:56
2.	"Forge"	Kgositsile Yialias	Theravada	1:24
3.	"Infatuation"	Kgositsile Yialias	Theravada	1:35
4.	"Gamma (Need the <3)"	Kgositsile Yialias	Theravada	2:01
5.	"Well Done!"	Kgositsile Sage Elsesser	Navy Blue	1:11
6.	"Live"	Kgositsile Robert Mansel	Black Noise	2:30
7.	"Static"	Kgositsile Mansel	Black Noise	1:23
8.	"Crisco"	Kgositsile Elsesser	Navy Blue	2:39
9.	"Tourmaline"	Kgositsile Yialias	Theravada	2:54
10.	"Heavy Metal AKA Ejecto Seato!"	Kgositsile Max Heath	Child Actor	3:07
11.	"Exhaust"	Kgositsile Elsesser	Earl Sweatshirt Navy Blue	2:29
Total length:				24:08

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[23]

• Earl Sweatshirt – lead vocals, mixing, engineering (all tracks); programming (11)
• Mike Bozzi – mastering
• Theravada – programming (1–4, 9)
• The Mandal Man – additional vocals (1)
• Navy Blue – programming (5, 8, 11)
• Black Noise – programming (6, 7)
• Child Actor – programming (10)
• Erykah Badu – additional vocals (11)

Charts

Chart performance for Live Laugh Love

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Australia Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [24]	32
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [25]	156
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [26]	80
US Billboard 200 [27]	184

Release history

Release formats for Live Laugh Love

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	August 22, 2025	CD digital download streaming vinyl	Tan Cresside Warner	[28]

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