Live Laugh Love | ||||
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Released | August 22, 2025 | |||
Genre | Hip-hop | |||
Length | 24:08 | |||
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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. [1] It follows his collaborative album with the Alchemist, Voir Dire (2023), and his fourth studio album Sick! (2022). [2] Production was primarily handled by Theravada, with additional contributions by Black Noise, Child Actor, Navy Blue, and Earl himself.
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."
Live Laugh Love was announced at a listening party on August 15, 2025. [4] [5] 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. [6] The album released on all platforms one week later.
A music video for "Crisco" was released on August 28, 2025. [7]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [8] |
Metacritic | 85/100 [9] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Clash | 8/10 [10] |
Consequence | B [11] |
Exclaim! | 9/10 [12] |
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Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [14] |
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According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Live Laugh Love received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 85 out of 100 from nine critic scores. [9] 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". [10] The Guardian said "the disorientating shifts and non-sequiturs feel like observing a dream someone else is having". [13]
Credits adapted from Tidal. [17]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "GSW vs Sac" |
| Theravada | 1:56 |
2. | "Forge" |
| Theravada | 1:24 |
3. | "Infatuation" |
| Theravada | 1:35 |
4. | "Gamma (Need the <3)" |
| Theravada | 2:01 |
5. | "Well Done!" |
| Navy Blue | 1:11 |
6. | "Live" |
| Black Noise | 2:30 |
7. | "Static" |
| Black Noise | 1:23 |
8. | "Crisco" |
| Navy Blue | 2:39 |
9. | "Tourmaline" |
| Theravada | 2:54 |
10. | "Heavy Metal AKA Ejecto Seato!" |
| Child Actor | 3:07 |
11. | "Exhaust" |
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| 2:29 |
Total length: | 24:08 |
Credits adapted from Tidal. [17]
Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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Portuguese Albums (AFP) [18] | 156 |
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [19] | 80 |
US Billboard 200 [20] | 184 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | August 22, 2025 |
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