Love Me Now?

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Love Me Now?
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)
Recorded2018
Studio
  • Umbrella House (Miami, FL)
  • Camp David Studios (Miami, FL)
  • Black Pyramid Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Street Exec Studios (Atlanta, GA)
  • Loud House Studios (Atlanta, GA)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Republic Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Tory's Apartment (Miami, FL)
  • Kame House (Miami, FL)
  • Hit Maka (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length48:52
Label
Producer
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Cassius Jay
  • C-Sick
  • Dave Sava6e
  • Dez Wright
  • Foreign Teck
  • Hagler
  • Javar Rockamore
  • Jordan Lewis
  • NES
  • Nik Dean
  • Nils
  • OG Parker
  • OZ
  • PLVYHAUS
  • Smash David
  • The Loopholes
  • Uno
  • Vou
Tory Lanez chronology
Memories Don't Die
(2018)
Love Me Now?
(2018)
Chixtape 5
(2019)
Singles from Love Me Now?
  1. "Talk to Me"
    Released: June 21, 2018
  2. "Keep in Touch"
    Released: August 16, 2018
  3. "Ferris Wheel"
    Released: January 15, 2019

Love Me Now? (stylized as LoVE me NOw) is the third studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on October 26, 2018, through Mad Love Records and Interscope Records. [2] This is the follow-up release to his second album Memories Don't Die which was released seven months prior. [3] [4] The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Foreign Teck, OZ, Smash David, Cassius Jay, CashMoneyAP and NES among others. The album also features guest appearances by Chris Brown, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Rich the Kid, Lil Baby, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Trippie Redd, Nav, Gunna and Bryson Tiller among others. [5]

Contents

Love Me Now? was supported by three singles: "Talk To Me", "Keep in Touch" and "Ferris Wheel". [6] The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 54,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. [7]

Background

Tory Lanez announced that he is working on two new albums, "Love Me Now" and "El Agua", set to be released on summer. He also announced on September 3 that XXXTentacion will be featured on his new album "Love Me Now". [8] Lanez later unveiled on October 17, the release date of his new album, the cover album, the tracklist and featured artists, also revealing that XXXTentacion will not appear in the album. He also explained the reason why XXXTentacion does not appear in the album: [9]

"When I tweeted it, I was very excited about the record, The record's a very dope record. But the clearance and the business side didn't let me clear it in time. Hopefully, we get to get it out soon so everybody can hear it. It just didn't make the deadline for Love Me Now?"

The album was released on October 26, 2018.

Singles

Love Me Now? was supported by three singles. The first single, "Talk to Me" with Rich the Kid was released on June 21, 2018. [10] Tory premiered the single on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show to promote the "Love Me Now?" album. [10] The music video was released on July 17, 2018. [11] The single debuted at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week of November 10, 2018. [12] The single eventually peaked at number 43 on the chart dated January 12, 2019. [13] The second single, "Keep in Touch" featuring Bryson Tiller was released on August 17, 2018. [14] The third single, "Ferris Wheel" featuring Trippie Redd was released on January 15, 2019. The music video was also released the same day. [15] The single missed the Hot 100 but managed to peak at number five on the US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. [16]

Promotional singles

The first promotional single, "Numbers Out The Gym" was released on July 27, 2018. The music video was also released the same day. The second promotional single, "B.A.B.Y. featuring Moneybagg Yo was released on August 10, 2018. [17] The music video was also released the same day. [18] The third promotional single, "Kendall Jenner Music" later retitled as "KJM" was released on August 25, 2018. [19] The music video was released online the following day. [19] The fourth promotional single, "Drip Drip Drip" featuring Meek Mill was released on October 19, 2018. [20] The single peaked at number six on the US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. [16] The song also peaked at number 56 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 82 on the UK Singles Chart respectively. [21] [22] The final promotional single, "Miami" featuring Gunna was released October 24, 2018. [23] The single peaked at number 14 on the US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. [16] The song also peaked at number 89 on the Canadian Hot 100. [21]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Now Red N.pngRed N.pngRed N.pngRed N.pngBlank N.PNG [1]
Pitchfork 5/10 [24]
XXL L [25]

Love Me Now? received mixed reviews from critics. In a review for Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote, "There isn't anything new LoVE me NOw will teach you about Tory Lanez. He still craves respect and wants to be recognized by his peers and fans alike as the hip-hop and R&B savant that he thinks he is." [24]

At the Juno Awards of 2019, the album won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year. [26]

Commercial performance

Love Me Now? debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 54,000 album-equivalent units (including 5,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. [7] This became Tory Lanez's third US top-ten debut on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of 62.5 million on-demand audio streams from its songs that week. [7] In its second week, the album dropped to number 17 on the chart, earning an additional 28,000 units. [27]

Track listing

Credits were adapted from iTunes and Tidal. [28] [29]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Why Don't You Love Me?"
C-Sick3:32
2."She Told Me"
CashMoneyAP 3:24
3."Duck My Ex" (featuring Chris Brown and 2 Chainz)
3:11
4."Drip Drip Drip" (featuring Meek Mill)
  • Smash David
  • Dave Sava6e [b]
3:50
5."Talk to Me" (with Rich the Kid)
  • Smash David
  • Rekless [b]
3:04
6."Flexible" (featuring Chris Brown and Lil Baby)
3:19
7."If It Ain't Right" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Foreign Teck
  • Dez Wright
  • Mira [b]
2:41
8."Ferris Wheel" (featuring Trippie Redd)
  • OZ
  • Dez Wright
2:32
9."Cut Me Off" (featuring Nav)
  • Javar Rockamore
  • The Loopholes
2:04
10."The Run Off"
  • Peterson
  • Jimenez
  • Austin
  • Smash David
  • Dave Sava6e [b]
2:51
11."You Thought Wrong"
  • Peterson
  • Petit
  • Kevin Orellana
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Alexvnder Wolf
3:35
12."Miami" (featuring Gunna)
Cassius Jay4:04
13."Keep in Touch" (with Bryson Tiller)
  • Peterson
  • Bryson Tiller
  • Phillip Coleman, Jr.
  • Marvin Thomas
  • Jordan Lewis
  • NES
  • Hagler
  • Jordan Lewis
3:20
14."S.W.I.N.G" (featuring PnB Rock and Trey Songz)
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Foreign Teck
  • Dez Wright
4:39
15."KJM"
  • Peterson
  • Jimenez
  • Dante Pea
  • Wright
  • Smash David
  • PLVYHAUS [a]
2:48
Total length:48:52
Love Me Now? – Reloaded [28]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Broke Leg" (with Quavo and Tyga)
  • Foreign Teck
  • Vou
  • Nik Dean
  • Uno
2:45
2."Freaky"
  • Peterson
  • Roger
  • Yildirim
  • Nils Noehden
  • OZ
  • Nils
2:53
Total length:54:30

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [33]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [50] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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