What Could Possibly Go Wrong (album) explained
What Could Possibly Go Wrong is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Dominic Fike. It was originally scheduled for release on July 10, 2020,[1] but due to the Black Lives Matter protests that were occurring at the time it was pushed back three weeks.[2]
Background
Fike began hinting at an album in the works in early 2019.[3] He kept hinting at this album throughout 2019, and released the singles "Açaí Bowl", "Rollerblades", "Phone Numbers" with Kenny Beats, and "Hit Me Up" with Omar Apollo and Kenny Beats throughout the year. He also collaborated with Brockhampton several times, including on a video uploaded to Brockhampton's YouTube channel titled "This is Dominic Fike".[4] In September 2019, he played a then unreleased song titled "Chicken Tenders" on his Rain or Shine tour.[5]
On June 21, 2020, another video, titled "In-Focus with Dominic Fike", was uploaded to Brockhampton's YouTube channel, in which Fike talked about his upcoming debut album.[6] On June 26, he released "Chicken Tenders", the lead single from his then yet to be named debut album.[7] Then, on July 9, he announced that the album would be titled What Could Possibly Go Wrong and would be released on July 31. He also released the second single "Politics & Violence".[8]
Track listing
Notes
- signifies a co-producer
- signifies an additional producer
Personnel
Musicians
- Brianna Rhodes – strings
- Capi – production
- Cary Singer – guitar
- Dominic Fike – vocals, production, guitar, keyboard, recording engineer
- Jim-E Stack – production
- Julian Cruz – production, strings, additional vocals
- Katie Capp – cello
- Kenny Beats – producer
- Phil Nageon de Lestang – production, guitar
- The Roommates – production, strings
- Ryan Raines – drums
- Sean Sobash – bass
- Todd Pritchard – guitar
- Tom Elmhirst – programmer
- Westerns – guitar
- Yasmeen – guitar, violin
Technical personnel
- Chris Galland – assistant engineer
- Dominic Fike – recording engineer
- Greg Eliason – engineer
- Jeremie Inhaber – assistant engineer
- Julian Cruz – recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Kenny Beats – recording engineer
- Manny Marroquin – mixing engineer
- Matt Scatchell – assistant engineer
- Nick Booth – assistant engineer
- Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
- Robert Florent – engineer
- The Roommates – recording engineer
- Ryan Dulude – assistant engineer
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing engineer
Notes and References
- Web site: Naples singer Dominic Fike releases single 'Chicken Tenders.' His new album drops soon.. Charles. Runnells. Naples News.
- Web site: Dominic Fike announces debut album 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong' . . July 9, 2020 . 2020-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200711173738/https://www.nme.com/news/music/dominic-fike-announces-debut-album-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-2704767 . 2020-07-11 . live .
- Web site: Dominic Fike on his discovery and coming to Australia. January 30, 2019. triple j.
- Web site: This Is Dominic Fike – Youtube . . April 4, 2019 . 2020-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200722214733/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMYcubNOrPs . 2020-07-22 . live .
- Web site: Dominic Fike – Chicken Tenders (Snippet) . . September 12, 2019 . 2020-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200709104726/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw3YA5sbeUM . 2020-07-09 . live .
- Web site: In-Focus with Dominic Fike – YouTube. 2020-08-29. www.youtube.com. June 21, 2020 .
- Web site: Watch Dominic Fike's surreal video for new single 'Chicken Tenders' . . June 26, 2020 . 2020-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629110403/https://www.nme.com/news/music/dominic-fike-chicken-tenders-single-video-radar-2696300 . 2020-06-29 . live .
- Web site: Dominic Fike Shares "Politics & Violence" Video, Announces Debut Album 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong'. Complex.
