The Party Never Ends

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The Party Never Ends
Juice Wrld - The Party Never Ends.png
Studio album by
Juice Wrld
ReleasedNovember 29, 2024 (2024-11-29)
Length54:24
Label
Producer
Juice Wrld chronology
The Pre-Party
(2024)		The Party Never Ends
(2024)
Singles from The Party Never Ends
  1. "Lace It"
    Released: December 16, 2023
  2. "AGATS2 (Insecure)"
    Released: November 15, 2024
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 5/10 [1]

The Party Never Ends is the fifth and final studio album by American rapper and singer Juice Wrld. It was released through Grade A Productions and Interscope Records on November 29, 2024. The album contains guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Benny Blanco, Eminem, the Kid Laroi, Offset, and Fall Out Boy. Various producers contributed to the album, including Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Happy Perez, Nick Mira, Boi-1da, Tommy Brown, Blake Slatkin, Charlie Handsome, Metro Boomin, Andrew Watt, Purps on the Beat, and Zaytoven.

Contents

Release and promotion

In July 2021, Juice Wrld's manager, Lil Bibby, revealed the title of the album and shared what his plan with it would be. [2] [3] In February 2023, his estate announced that the album was in active development. [4] [5] After teasing the album's release, the lead single of the album, "Lace It", a collaboration with American rapper Eminem and American record producer Benny Blanco, was released on December 16, 2023. [6] A two-track extended play, The Pre-Party, was released as a precursor to the album on September 9, 2024. [7] [8] The second and final single of the album, "AGATS2 (Insecure)", a collaboration with Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, was released on November 15, 2024. [9] [10]

The album's cover art, which was designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, was revealed on November 21, 2024. [11] Juice Wrld's estate collaborated with Epic Games to include a character skin of Juice Wrld in Fortnite Battle Royale. [12] [13] At the end of Chapter 2 Remix of Fortnite Battle Royale, a virtual concert was held in tribute to Juice Wrld on November 30, 2024. [14]

Critical reception

The Party Never Ends received generally mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the way Juice Wrld's management handled the creation and rollout of the album.[ citation needed ]

Robin Murray of Clash wrote that the album lacked a cohesive identity and that the album's material remained "unfinished for a reason." [1]

Commercial performance

The Party Never Ends debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, with 86,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 123.43 million on-demand streams of the songs, and 2,000 in album sales. [15] [16]

Track listing

The Party Never Ends track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Party Never Ends"
2:20
2."Misfit"
2:39
3."AGATS2 (Insecure)" (with Nicki Minaj)
Bell3:19
4."Lace It" (with Eminem and Benny Blanco)
  • Benny Blanco
  • Cashmere Cat
  • Happy Perez
  • Eminem [a]
3:37
5."Cuffed"
4:04
6."KTM Drip"
  • Higgins
  • Mira
  • Dorien Theus
  • Mira
  • DT
4:00
7."Love Letter"
  • Benny Blanco
  • Cashmere Cat
  • Mira
  • DT
2:39
8."Condone It"
3:00
9."Goodbye" (performed by the Kid Laroi)
  • Slatkin
  • Benny Blanco
  • Cashmere Cat
2:41
10."Party by Myself"
3:18
11."Adore You"
  • Higgins
  • Mira
Mira2:47
12."Celebrate" (with Offset)
 Metro Boomin 3:00
13."Jeffrey"
  • Higgins
  • Mira
Mira2:55
14."Barbarian"
  • Higgins
  • Mira
  • Theus
  • Mira
  • DT
2:30
15."Best Friend" (with Fall Out Boy)
2:36
16."Floor It"
  • Higgins
  • Vojtesak
  • Kudo
  • Charlie Handsome
  • Kudo
3:12
17."Oxycodone"
 Purps on the Beat 2:40
18."Spend It"
 Zaytoven 3:00
Total length:54:24
The Party Never Ends 2.0 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."Empty Out Your Pockets"
  • Higgins
  • Mira
Mira2:15
Total length:56:39

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for The Party Never Ends
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 17
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [18] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 150
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [22] 5
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [23] 14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 9
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [25] 37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 27
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [27] 6
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) [28] 28
Irish Albums (OCC) [29] 12
Italian Albums (FIMI) [30] 83
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [31] 20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [32] 14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [33] 12
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [34] 52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [35] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [37] 5
US Billboard 200 [38] 4
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [39] 2

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