F*ck Love explained

F*ck Love
Type:mixtape
Artist:the Kid Laroi
Cover:Fuck Love The Kid Laroi album.png
Genre:
Length:30:59
Label:
Producer:
Prev Title:14 with a Dream
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:F*ck Love (Savage)
Next Year:2020

F*ck Love (stylised in all caps) is the debut mixtape by Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi. It was released on 24 July 2020 by Grade A Productions and Columbia Records. Production was handled by twenty-one record producers over the course of the mixtape's four releases, including Benny Blanco, Bobby Raps, Cashmere Cat and Taz Taylor. The original tracklist features guest appearances from Lil Mosey, Corbin Smidzik, and the late Juice Wrld.

According to a description by Apple Music, the record focuses on "...the messy breakdown of a destructive relationship that didn't sound too great to start with."[3]

A reissue of the mixtape, titled F*ck Love (Savage), was released on 6 November 2020, with appearances from Machine Gun Kelly, Marshmello, Internet Money and Youngboy Never Broke Again.

Another reissue of the mixtape, titled F*ck Love 3: Over You, was released on 23 July 2021, with appearances from Polo G, Stunna Gambino, Justin Bieber, G Herbo, Lil Durk, and Mustard, as well as a deluxe edition titled F*ck Love 3+: Over You, released on 27 July 2021.

F*ck Love received a nomination for Best Hip Hop Release at the 2020 ARIA Music Awards.[4] It reached number one on the Australian ARIA album chart in February 2021, making the Kid Laroi the youngest Australian solo artist to reach number one on the chart.

Artwork

The Guilty Crown inspired cover art, which depicts Laroi and his unnamed lover in an anime styled metropolitan city, was made by anime artist Richard Ticas, and was unveiled a week ahead of the mixtape's release.[5]

Singles

The mixtape was preceded by two singles: "Go", and "Tell Me Why", with the former song being a collaboration with late rapper and mentor Juice Wrld, and the latter being a tribute to the late rapper. "Need You Most (So Sick)" was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio as the third single in August 2020.[6]

Commercial performance

In Australia, F*ck Love debuted at number three on the ARIA chart. In its 28th week in February 2021, the album reached number one, and at 17 years, 5 months and 22 days, the Kid Laroi became the youngest Australian solo artist to hit number one on the ARIA album chart and the second male indigenous solo artist to top the chart after Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.[7]

In the United States, F*ck Love debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 40,000 album-equivalent units (including 7,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[8] The album became Laroi's first US top-ten debut.[8] The album also accumulated at total of 49.39 million on-demand streams of the album's songs that week.[8]

Following the release of F*ck Love (Savage), the project reached a new peak of number three, earning 52,000 equivalent album units.[9]

Following the release of F*ck Love 3: Over You, the third release of the mixtape, it reached a new peak of number one on the Billboard 200, jumping 25 spots on the chart with 85,000 album equivalent units, becoming Laroi's first chart-topping project in the United States.[10]

F*ck Love (Savage)

F*ck Love (Savage)
Type:mixtape
Longtype:(reissue)
Artist:The Kid Laroi
Cover:The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Savage).png
Released:November 6, 2020
Genre:
Length:47:56
Label:Grade A • Columbia
Prev Title:F*ck Love
Prev Year:2020
Year:2020
Next Title:F*ck Love 3: Over You
Next Year:2021

F*ck Love 3: Over You

F*ck Love 3: Over You
Type:mixtape
Longtype:(reissue)
Artist:The Kid Laroi
Cover:Fck Love 3 Over You Kid Laroi Cover.png
Released:July 23, 2021
Genre:
Length:65:33
Label:Grade A • Columbia
Prev Title:F*ck Love (Savage)
Prev Year:2020
Year:2021
Next Title:The First Time
Next Year:2023

Reissues

A reissue of the mixtape was released on 6 November 2020. Titled F*ck Love (Savage), it includes seven new songs, including the previously released single "So Done", as well as appearances from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Internet Money, Marshmello, and Machine Gun Kelly. The release was accompanied with a music video for the track "Always Do".[15] According to Triple J, the release of F*ck Love (Savage) is an opposite to the original mixtape; "where the original mixtape had Laroi focusing on love and loss, the new material featured here sees him coming from a different space, reflecting the personal changes he's undergone in the last year".

Another reissue of the mixtape was released on 23 July 2021. Titled F*ck Love 3: Over You, it includes seven new songs, including the previously released single "Stay" alongside Justin Bieber, as well as appearances from Polo G, Stunna Gambino, G Herbo, Lil Durk, and Mustard. The release was accompanied with a music video for the track "Not Sober".[16] As the title suggests, Over You has Laroi focusing on moving on from his previous relationships and beginning a new one. The deluxe edition named F*ck Love 3+: Over You which featured six additional tracks, was released on 27 July 2021.[17]

Track listing

Notes:Need You Most (So Sick) contains an interpolation of So Sick by Ne-Yo

F*ck You, Goodbye contains an interpolation of All The Small Things by Blink-182

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020–2021)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] [19] 1
Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40)[20] 12
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíðindi)[21] 10
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 38
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[23] 12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27]
14
US Billboard 200[28] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[29] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[30] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[31] 149
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[32] 74
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] 35
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[34] 12
US Billboard 200[35] 190
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[36] 75
Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[37] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[38] 28
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[39] 2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[40] 7
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)
57
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[41] 7
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[42] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[43] 29
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[44] 14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[45] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[46] 28
UK Albums (OCC)[47] 25
US Billboard 200[48] 6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[49] 3
Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[50] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[51] 139
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[52] 13
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[53] 92
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[54] 98
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[55] 37
US Billboard 200[56] 28
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[57] 14
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[58] 94
US Billboard 200[59] 124
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[60] 81

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: F*CK LOVE . Apple Music .
  4. Web site: The Kid LAROI calls up Machine Gun Kelly and more for deluxe edition of F*ck Love. ABC Australia. Fuamoli. Sose. 6 November 2020. 7 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Instagram .
  6. Web site: Singles to Radio. 21 August 2020. The Music Network. 13 August 2021. 21 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200821205059/https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/singles-to-radio/.
  7. Web site: The Kid Laroi makes ARIA Charts history as he hits #1. ARIA. 6 February 2021. 7 February 2021.
  8. Taylor Swift Achieves Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2020 With 'Folklore'. Billboard. Keith Caulfield. August 2, 2020. October 29, 2020.
  9. Caulfield . Keith . Ariana Grande's 'Positions' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 . 19 November 2020 . Billboard . 15 November 2020.
  10. Web site: The Kid Laroi's Ever-Growing Mixtape Is Now a No. 1 Album. The New York Times. 2021-08-02. 2022-05-15.
  11. Web site: The Kid LAROI is already a big deal. But the best is yet to come. Newstead. Al. 28 July 2020. Triple J. 8 August 2021. ... the mixtape is filled with the kind of chart-ready melodic emo-rap ....
  12. Web site: The Kid LAROI – 'F*CK LOVE'. Wehner. Cyclone. 27 July 2020. Music Feeds. 7 January 2022.
  13. Web site: The Kid LAROI is already a big deal. But the best is yet to come. Newstead. Al. 28 July 2020. Triple J. 8 August 2021. ... the mixtape is filled with the kind of chart-ready melodic emo-rap ....
  14. Web site: The Kid LAROI – 'F*CK LOVE'. Wehner. Cyclone. 27 July 2020. Music Feeds. 7 January 2022.
  15. Web site: Cho . Rehina . 6 October 2020 . The Kid Laroi drops 'F**k Love (Savage)' project featuring YoungBoy NBA, Internet Money, and more . 7 November 2020 . . 12 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112194342/https://www.revolt.tv/platform/amp/new-music/2020/11/6/21552879/the-kid-laroi-fuck-love-savage-album . dead .
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  26. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 53. Sverigetopplistan. 4 January 2021.
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