Syre: The Electric Album

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Syre: The Electric Album
Electric Syre cover.jpg
EP by
ReleasedJuly 12, 2018 [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length28:16
Label
Producer
  • Lido
  • OmArr
  • Josiah Bell
  • Teo
  • IQ
  • Melvin Lewis
Jaden chronology
Syre
(2017)
Syre: The Electric Album
(2018)
The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story
(2018)

Syre: The Electric Album is the second extended play recorded by American rapper Jaden. It was released on July 12, 2018, through MSFTSMusic and Roc Nation under the partnership between Interscope Records and Republic Records. [2] It is the follow-up to Smith's debut album Syre , released in 2017.

Contents

Background

The EP was announced in June 2018 after initially teasing his separate second album entitled Erys , which was released less than a year later on July 5, 2019. [3] [4] [5]

Release and promotion

The promotional single, "Ghost" featuring Christian Rich, was released on June 22, 2018 for streaming and digital download, alongside a music video. [6] [7] [8] [9]

On July 8, 2018, the project was released exclusively on Jaden's Instagram on their IGTV feature on his 20th birthday, which lets users upload videos. [10] [11]

Track listing

Credits were adapted from Tidal. [12]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."B" (Electric) Lido 5:05
2."Ninety" (Electric)
  • Smith
  • Coleman
  • Losnegård
Lido4:49
3."Lost Boy" (Electric)
  • Smith
  • Coleman
  • Omarr Rambert
  • Josiah Bell
  • Mateo Arias
  • OmArr
  • Bell
  • Teo
4:48
4."Fallen" (Electric)
  • Smith
  • Coleman
  • T. Thompson
  • IQ
6:05
5."Icon?" (Electric)
  • Smith
  • Coleman
  • Rambert
  • Melvin Lewis
  • OmArr
  • Lewis
6:55
Total length:28:16

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