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Cold Visions is the 6th studio album by Bladee, released on April 24, 2024. The release is executively produced by Bladee and Gabriel Schuman, with a majority of the tracklist being produced by F1lthy. Cold Visions features guest appearances from Yung Sherman, Yung Lean, Thaiboy Digital, Black Kray and Ecco2k.

The album features 30 tracks, with a total runtime of 1 hour and 3 minutes.

Release and promotion

The first and only single from the album, PARANOIA INTRO, released as a music video via YouTube on April 23, 2024. The music video featured an early version of the album's cover art, as well as the project name in the title and description. In an Instagram post, Bladee teased Cold Visions's release, though without a formal announcement.

The album released the following day, on April 24, 2024, via Bladee's Trash Island (Label). This makes it the first studio album released under Trash Island.

The album was followed by the Cold Visions Tour, Bladee's first worldwide appearances since the Drain Gang 2022 World Tour.

Tracklist

PARANOIA INTRO [1:10]
WODRAINER [2:33]
YUNG SHERMAN (feat. Yung Sherman) [2:12]
FLATLINE [2:54]
ONE SECOND (feat. Yung Lean) [1:51]
SAD MEAL [2:01]
FUN FACT (feat. Yung Lean) [1:48]
ONLY GOD IS MADE PERFECT [1:48]
DONT WANNA HANG OUT [1:38]
I DONT LIKE PEOPLE (WHITEARMOR INTERLUDE) [0:38]
I DONT LIKE PEOPLE (feat. Yung Lean) [2:40]
END OF THE ROAD BOYZ [2:15]
D.O.A [2:20]
DONT DO DRUGZ [1:33]
LOWS PARTLYY [2:16]
SO COLD INTERLUDE [1:36]
MESSAGE TO MYSELF [1:15]
TERRIBLE EXCELLENCE (feat. Yung Lean) [2:33]
RED CROSS [2:17]
LUCKY LUKE (feat. Thaiboy Digital & Yung Lean) [2:07]
RIVER FLOWS IN YOU [1:44]
KING NOTHINGG [2:26]
BAD 4 BUSINESS [1:42]
OTHERSIDE (feat. Black Kray) [2:35]
NORMAL [1:18]
FLEXING & FINESSING [3:04]
PM2 [2:08]
FALSE [2:07]
CANT END ON A LOSS (OUTRO) [3:33]
COLD VISIONS (OUTRO 2) [3:33]

Production

Cold Visions is executively produced by Gabriel Schuman and Bladee.

F1lthy co-produced PARANOIA INTRO, WODRAINER, YUNG SHERMAN, ONE SECOND, SAD MEAL, FUN FACT, ONLY GOD IS MADE PERFECT, DONT WANNA HANG OUT, I DONT LIKE PEOPLE, END OF THE ROAD BOYZ, TERRIBLE EXCELLENCE, RED CROSS, RIVER FLOWS IN YOU, KING NOTHINGG, OTHERSIDE, FLEXING & FINESSING and CANT END ON A LOSS (OUTRO)
100yrd co-produced PARANOIA INTRO, SAD MEAL, END OF THE ROAD BOYZ, TERRIBLE EXCELLENCE and RED CROSS
Jonah Abraham co-produced WODRAINER, CANT END ON A LOSS, and CANT END ON A LOSS (OUTRO)
Yung Sherman co-produced YUNG SHERMAN, FLATLINE, SO COLD INTERLUDE, MESSAGE TO MYSELF, LUCKY LUKE, PM2 and COLD VISION (OUTRO 2)
Glasear co-produced YUNG SHERMAN and FUN FACT
Woesum co- produced FLATLINE, SO COLD INTERLUDE, MESSAGE TO MYSELF, LUCKY LUKE and PM2
Rok co-produced ONE SECOND, I DONT LIKE PEOPLE and KING NOTHINGG
Am co-produced ONLY GOD IS MADE PERFECT and DONT WANNA HANG OUT
Warpstr co-produced ONLY GOD IS MADE PERFECT and KING NOTHINGG
Whitearmor produced I DONT LIKE PEOPLE (WHITEARMOR INTERLUDE), as well as co-produced TERRIBLE EXCELLENCE and COLD VISION (OUTRO 2)
Gabriel Schuman co-produced END OF THE ROAD BOYZ, TERRIBLE EXCELLENCE, RED CROSS, LUCKY LUKE and FLEXING & FINESSING
Lusi produced DONT DO DRUGS, LOWS PARTLYY, NORMAL and FALSE, as well as co-produced BAD 4 BUSINESS
Skrillex co-produced D.O.A
Mechatok co-produced I DONT LIKE PEOPLE and RED CROSS
Lucian co-produced RIVER FLOWS IN YOU
Mochila co-produced RIVER FLOWS IN YOU
Simon Hessman (Simon on the Moon) co-produced BAD 4 BUSINESS
Lukrative co-produced OTHERSIDE and FLEXING & FINESSING
Malibu, Inef Coupe, and James Ferraro provided additional SFX

Cover art

The cover art for Cold Visions is designed by Ville Nordström, Bladee and Ecco2k.

The originally revealed cover art for the album was different from the one that made it on the final release.

Music videos

PARANOIA INTRO
Released on April 23, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Directed, shot, and edited by Yaona Sui, with co-editing by Bladee. Creative direction by Kiri of Phire Wire. VFX by Nate Boyce.

ONE SECOND (feat. Yung Lean)
Released on April 27, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel. Unexpectedly deleted on May 1, 2024, and reuploaded on EDGLRD YouTube channel.
Made by Harmony Korine/EDGLRD

RED CROSS
Released on May 5, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Directed, shot, and edited by Gus Reichwald.

OTHERSIDE (feat. Black Kray)
Released on May 19, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Made by Tommy Malekoff. Additional postproduction by Diego Meek.

FALSE
Released on June 2, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Produced and directed by Jim Alexander. Cinematography by @joe.almond. Edited by @olivermichaelbacon. Focus Puller/AC by @dante.chvlry. VFX by @cxsmo and @crusherondadrain. Colors by @kmoneywest and @cxsmo. Sound Design by @scorch. Title Card by @blouxjay.

SAD MEAL
Released on June 16, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Directed by Hendrik Schneider. Edited by Hendrik Schneider and Daniel Swan. VFX by Nate Boyce.

LUCKY LUKE
Released on July 13, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Directed and filmed by Gus Reichwald & Jim Alexander. Edited by Gus Reichwald. Produced by Jim Alexander.

I DONT LIKE PEOPLE
Released on July 30, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Shot by 020baby. Animation and VFX by Nate Boyce.

KING NOTHINGG
Released on September 20, 2024, via Drain Gang YouTube channel.
Directed and Shot by Gus Reichwald and Gustav Stegfors. Edit by Gus Reichwald.

RIVER FLOWS IN YOU
Released on December 11, 2024, via Trash Island Instagram.
Shot by Gus Reichwald.

Tour

On May 21st, 2024, Bladee announced the Cold Visions North America Tour, the first leg of his Cold Visions Tour began in early August 2024. The announcement of the second tour leg, the Cold Visions Europe Tour, came later on June 24, 2024.

Merchandise

For a detailed account, see Cold Visions Merchandise

On September 23, 2024, Bladee released a line of Cold Visions merchandise via Drain Gang's gtb.sg webstore. Two of the articles, were previously available at the first date of the Cold Visions tour, at Osheaga Festival in Montreal, QC, Canada, in August 2024.

References

Mentioned in

Bladee Cold Visions Merchandise Cold Visions North America Tour Cold Visions Tour Ecco2k Trash Island (Label)